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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced Tuesday that 12 criminals wanted with red notices and two wanted at the national level were extradited to Türkiye from Georgia, Albania, Germany, Senegal, and Greece.
In a statement on his X account, Yerlikaya said authorities meticulously tracked the suspects abroad through joint operational cooperation with law enforcement agencies in the relevant countries.
Among the criminals captured internationally with red notices in Georgia were:
Other high-profile returns include:
Among the criminals wanted at the national level, T.Y., wanted for purchase, transport, and possession of firearms or ammunition, was captured in Albania, and M.U., wanted for human smuggling, was captured in Greece.
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Yerlikaya thanked the Ministry of Justice and all ministry staff involved in the operations.
“I congratulate our General Directorate of Security Interpol-Europol Department, our Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) and Narcotics Crime Departments, our Cyber Crimes, Public Order, and Human Smuggling Departments, and the Istanbul and Artvin Provincial Police Directorates. No matter what notice they are wanted with or which country they flee to, they will not escape the Turkish Police,” he said.
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