Italy – Albania

🇮🇹 Italy → 🇦🇱 Albania

Bilateral Information
Legal Framework
Agreement between the Italian Republic and the Republic of Albania, supplementary to the 1957 European Convention on Extradition and the 1959 European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Tirana, 2007)
Extradition for an offence committed in Italy: territoriality is an optional ground for refusal reserved to the Minister of Justice
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Summary
The requested person challenged an Italian appellate judgment declaring the conditions for extradition to Albania satisfied solely in respect of a drug-trafficking offence allegedly committed in Italy. He argued that surrender for the predicate offence would breach the principle of speciality because extradition had been refused for the related criminal-association charge, that the evidentiary basis was insufficient, that territorial commission gave priority to Italian jurisdiction, and that detention conditions in Albania created a risk of inhuman or degrading treatment. The Supreme Court of Cassation rejected the appeal, holding that the speciality rule prevents prosecution for offences for which extradition was not granted, while the commission in Italy of part of the requested offence does not exclude concurrent foreign jurisdiction. Under Article 7 of the 1957 European Convention on Extradition, territoriality constitutes only an optional ground for refusal, whose application falls within the exclusive competence of the Minister of Justice, and the detention complaint was contradicted by official assurances from the requesting State.
15/07/2026 · Italian Supreme Court · 29393/2026
🇮🇹Italy → 🇦🇱Albania
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