63 criminals from 8 countries were extradited to Türkiye

The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that efforts are continuing to capture and extradite people who have fled abroad and for whom a search warrant is issued to Türkiye.

According to the Ministry's statement, a total of 63 people, 33 of whom were wanted at the international level and 30 of whom were wanted at the national level, were extradited to Türkiye with a red notice between 23 September and 23 October.

49 of the suspects were caught in Georgia, 5 in Germany, 3 in Greece, and 2 in Kyrgyzstan. Wanted people from Bulgaria, Moldova, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Montenegro were also brought to Türkiye.

In the statement, it was stated that the Interpol-Europol Department of the General Directorate of Security, Ministry of Justice officials, the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM), the Anti-Intelligence and Narcotic Crimes departments and the Cyber, Public Order and Counter-Terrorism (TEM) departments carried out coordinated work.

As a result of cooperation with the law enforcement units of the relevant countries, people for whom a search warrant was issued were captured and extradited to Türkiye.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs also included the following statements in its statement:

"We continue to catch organized crime group members and poison dealers, whom we search for through red notices and at the national level, and bring them back to our country. We congratulate our heroic police officers, our Presidencies, Department Heads and those who contributed. We thank the Ministry of Justice officials."

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)