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"Remzi Hoxha" file/ Disappearance of former SHIK official in 2011, London police appeal for the arrest of Ilir Kumbaro
2025-08-06 22:54:39 / POLITIKË
This is the appeal of the Metropolitan Police in London, provided by Top Channel journalist Muhamed Veliu, asking the public to help with information that will reveal the whereabouts of Ilir Kumbaro, who violated his parole.
The appeal is accompanied by a photo of the former senior SHISH official when he was handcuffed in September 2008 for extradition to Albania.
" This man, now 70, failed to appear in 2011 following an arrest warrant issued by Albania for crimes related to kidnapping and torture ," the Metropolitan Police say.
These are the only footage showing Ilir Kumbaro in 2010 after he appeared at a police station signing a bail bond.
In December 2011, the day when the London court was to read the decision on whether or not to extradite him to Albania, Ilir Kumbaro did not appear.
13 years have passed since this event, and it has still not been revealed whether Ilir Kumbaro was able to leave the United Kingdom or is hiding there perfectly, avoiding extradition to Albania.
In 2012, the former Serious Crimes Court in Tirana sentenced Ilir Kumbaro in absentia to 15 years for the kidnapping and torture of Albanian-Macedonian businessman Remzi Hoxha.
In the same court, on October 16, 2011, the prosecution withdrew the charges against Arben Sefgjini, former deputy director of the SHIK Directorate in Tirana, and Avdi Koldashi, former head of SHIK's observation base no. 10, declaring them innocent.
According to the prosecution, the charges against them cannot be proven. The former head of the SHIK branch, Ilir Kumbaro, led the interrogation operation in Vain, Lezha, of Remzi Hoxha.
Investigations revealed that he was kidnapped in Tirana by Albanian intelligence officers on October 21, 1995 on “Siri Kodra” street, near a warehouse located in the area called “Frigoriferi”. His body was never found.
Remzi Hoxha, Zizo Kristopulli and Avdyl Loshaj were kidnapped by SHIK under suspicion of plotting against then-president Sali Berisha.
If we look at the history of the file of the kidnapping, torture and disappearance of Remzi Hoxha since 1995, there are many characters who have passed away, making it difficult to shed light on this state crime of that time.
Bashkim Gazide, former head of SHISH who ordered this operation, died in Turkey in 2008.
Budjon Mece , a former SHIK employee who, according to the prosecution, tortured Remzi Hoxha at Vaini's base in Lezha, passed away in Tirana several years ago.
Xhevat Hana , the former prosecutor who investigated the kidnapping and insisted on the extradition of Ilir Kumbaro, died suddenly in an Italian hospital in 2012.
John Jones , the former defense attorney of Ilir Kumbaro, committed suicide by jumping in front of a train at London's West Hampstead station in 2016.
Meanwhile, the remaining people who know what happened to Remzi Hoxha are former president Sali Berisha and Arben Sefgjini, former deputy director of the SHIK Directorate in Tirana./ Top Channel
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