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The recapture of Kumbaro would bring some peace to the family of Remzi Hoxha, an Albanian-Macedonian businessman, who was kidnapped north of Tirana on October 21, 1995, and tortured in a secret location, along with Zizo Kristopulli and Avdyl Loshaj.
Ilir Kumbaro, one of the leaders of the Albanian secret service from 1992 to 1997, continues to remain one of the most wanted persons by law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom.
Kumbaro, a character who has been the subject of strong accusations, including the disappearance of Albanian-Macedonian businessman Remzi Hoxha, has been missing for 14 years. The mysterious character is considered key in solving the case related to the disappearance of businessman Remzi Hoxha.
Recently, Scotland Yard has appealed to the public to help uncover the whereabouts of the Albanian spy chief, who is on the run in the United Kingdom and is accused of kidnapping and torturing political opponents.
Ilir Kumbaro has been pursued by the Metropolitan Police for the past 14 years, after he failed to make it to London on bail ahead of an extradition hearing in December 2011, The Telegraph writes.
Kumbaro, around 70 years old, is wanted in his native Albania for ordering the kidnapping and torture of three men in 1995, who were suspected of plotting against then-president Sali Berisha.
The Metropolitan Police have issued a renewed appeal for information on Kumbaro through the charity Crimestoppers.
The Telegraph newspaper writes that detectives are investigating and looking for clues to Kumbaro's whereabouts.
He was last seen shopping at a supermarket in Cardiff with his wife in 2016, according to an Albanian source.
The recapture of Kumbaro would bring some peace to the family of Remzi Hoxha, an Albanian-Macedonian businessman who was kidnapped north of Tirana on October 21, 1995, and tortured in a secret location, along with Zizo Kristopulli and Avdyl Loshaj. It is suspected that their kidnapping at the time and their torture were carried out on the orders of Kumbaro, one of the leaders of the Albanian intelligence service (SHISH).
His son, Ardian Hoxha, told The Telegraph newspaper that “we are very happy that finally the British authorities have re-engaged in the case of Ilir Kumbaro, the person who kidnapped, physically tortured and killed my father.”
Kumbaro fled to the United Kingdom in 1996 and sought asylum under the false name Shaqa Shatri.
He convinced immigration officials that he was a Kosovar refugee fleeing persecution in Serbia.
For 13 years, he led a double life in a council flat in Fulham, west London, and survived on thousands of pounds in housing benefit and jobseeker's allowance.
The Metropolitan Police began an active search for Kumbaro in June 2008, following a request from Albanian authorities.
His scam came to an end when he inexplicably notified detectives, using his real name to claim further benefits for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
On September 2, detectives from Scotland Yard's extradition unit, led by Sergeant Peter Rance, arrested the Godfather who called himself Mr Shatri at his flat in Fulham.
When warned, Kumbaro reportedly told officers: “I am not Ilir Kumbaro, I am Shaqa Shatri” and that the others in his apartment were his cousin Naxhie Axemi and a friend named Ervin Kumbaro.
Kumbaro was scheduled to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 1 December 2011, was not released on bail before the extradition hearing and was thought to be hiding among friends in the United Kingdom, outside London.
Ardian Hoxha says that “we had lost faith in the UK justice system, but it seems there are still honest individuals who want to see justice done.”
"If the British authorities really want to find Ilir Kumbaro, they can do so very easily, as his children and family live in London, and there are many ways to track him down, locate him and bring him to justice," he said.
In 2012, the former Serious Crimes Court in Tirana sentenced Kumbaro in absentia to 15 years in prison for the kidnapping and torture of Hoxha.
The mystery surrounding Hoxha's disappearance has deepened following the string of deaths of those most closely associated with the case.
Bashkim Gazidede, the former head of SHIK and the one who ordered the interrogation, died in Turkey in 2008.
Budjon Mece, a former SHIK officer who, according to the prosecution, personally tortured Hoxha in Lezha, died in Tirana in 2018.
Xhevat Hana, the former prosecutor who investigated the kidnapping and insisted on Kumbaro's extradition, died suddenly in an Italian hospital in 2012. / Pamphlet /
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