Italy – Albania
🇮🇹 Italy → 🇦🇱 Albania
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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)
European Convention on Extradition: the Italian judicial authority is not required to assess any evidence of the sought person’s innocence (unless it is absolutely clear)
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Summary
Under the surrender regime governed by the European Convention of 13 December 1957, the Italian judicial authority is required to ascertain, through a summary assessment, that the documentation attached to the request is concretely capable of establishing—within the framework of the requesting State’s procedural system—the existence of elements against the requested person amounting to offences also punishable under domestic law, on the basis of an adequate description of the sources of evidence. The Court of Appeal is therefore certainly not required to conduct an autonomous evaluation of the seriousness of the evidentiary indications. In light of the clear accusatory framework, it must also be noted that the appellant has not provided any contribution, even documentary, to demonstrate his lack of involvement in the alleged facts. Any evidence of innocence—“not known to the judicial authority of the requesting State and submitted for the first time to the Italian judge”—may nonetheless be considered within extradition proceedings only if it is decisive in nature and absolutely clear and incontrovertible; otherwise, such an assessment would amount to undue interference in the judicial affairs of the requesting State.
26/02/2026 · Italian Supreme Court · 10795/2026
🇮🇹Italy → 🇦🇱Albania
GrantedExtradition