Kosovo overflows with large bids, demand for prison cells rented by European states

The head of the Kosovo Corresponding Service, Ismail Dibrani, in a conversation he has had with the French medium“AFP” about the agreement Kosovo has made with Denmark to rent prison cells, has confirmed that Kosovo has flooded with many other demands from numerous European countries.

Debrani has indicated that these states have also offered huge sums of money for reaching agreements, however, says Kosovo has not considered those requirements at all so far.

After signing the agreement, we received numerous demands from European countries for large sums of money. But we still haven't discussed them”, he added. “ AFP- In.

He has also shown that Kosovo has capacities through its prisons, since of 28,000 cells, only 1800 are occupied with prisoners.

Various from most European states that are facing overcrowding of prisons, we have sufficient capacity. Our prison capacity is currently 2,800 countries, while we currently have about 1,800 prisoners.”, has added Debrani to the French medium.

By 2027, Denmark will transfer its foreign prisoners to a detention centre in Kosovo. The agreement, concluded in 2022 and ratified by Kosovo deputies in 2024, envisions accepting up to 300 foreign prisoners convicted in Denmark. None of them should have been convicted of terrorism or war crimes, nor should they suffer from mental illness or a terminal illness. After their condemnation is completed in Kosovo, they will be sent to their country of origin. In exchange, Denmark will pay 200m euros more than six times the Kosovo Ministry of Justice's annual budget. /Periscopi/