Court in Albania hands 130 years in prison for Leonard Duke's group

JCKKO has sentenced Leonard Duka to 30 years in prison. He was arrested in February 2024 in Belgium, while extradited to Tirana in August the same year to face justice.

Meanwhile, with 25 years in prison, Fatmir Hyseni, Alexander Magzak, and Oltian Loga were sentenced.

Ellis Duka has been acquitted, as it was not proven to have committed a criminal offence.

Earlier, for the murder of Malko, known as Erivs Martinaj's right arm, they have also been sentenced in a separate process, Blendi Teta and Ilir Selmani.

Santiago Malko, the former police employee, was executed on the 27th evening of August 2019 with hail of bullets in the area of “Xhamlik” in Tirana. Malko left the post as a policeman after being arrested after a fight over the games of fate. It was a hardly - known name for the authorities, suspected of involvement in several serious criminal events. His name appeared on the scene in October 2018, where his friend Ervis Martinaj was left and released for lack of evidence. Malko was suspected to be involved in several criminal events.