Name: Wanted by Italy for criminal organisation and drug trafficking, a man is arrested in Kavaja — he will be extradited

A 47-year-old man wanted internationally by the Italian authorities has been arrested in Kavaja, as part of the international operation codenamed “Fast”.

The citizen Fatmir Mahmudaj was located and caught by the specialists of FAST Albania, in cooperation with the services of the Kavaja Police Commissariat. He was provisionally arrested for the purpose of extradition to Italy.

The 47-year-old had been declared internationally wanted by Interpol Rome, after the Court of Bologna issued an international arrest warrant against him on May 25, 2026. The Italian authorities accuse Mahmudaj of the criminal offences of “Criminal organisation” and “Trafficking of narcotic substances”. According to the investigations of the Italian authorities, he is suspected of being a member of a criminal organisation engaged in the trafficking of narcotic substances.

The police announcement: “The international operation codenamed ‘Fast’ continues, another phase is finalised. Caught in Kavaja, 1 citizen of high dangerousness, accused in Italy of being a member of a criminal organisation that trafficked narcotic substances. In the framework of the very close cooperation with the Italian counterparts, based on the information exchanged between Interpol Tirana and Interpol Rome, the specialists of the Sector for Search (FAST Albania) at the Directorate of the Special Operational Force at the State Police Directorate General, in cooperation with the services of the Kavaja Police Commissariat, finalised another phase of the operation codenamed ‘Fast’, during which the high-dangerousness citizen F. M., 47 years old, was located in Kavaja, caught and provisionally arrested, for the purpose of extradition to Italy. This citizen had been declared internationally wanted by Interpol Rome, after the Court of Bologna, Italy, on 25.05.2026, issued an international arrest warrant for him, for the criminal offences ‘Criminal organisation’ and ‘Trafficking of narcotic substances’. Interpol Tirana is cooperating with the counterparts in Rome, to finalise the procedure for the extradition of the citizen F. M. to Italy.”