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Italian man arrested in Albania on fraud charges

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TIRANA, Oct. 15 – Albanian police reported they have arrested an Italian man on fraud charges involving international money transfers.

The man had previously been sentenced by an Italian court for fraud.

Stefano Bottura, 43, had been sentenced by the Milan court with almost nine years imprisonment. An international arrest warrant for him was issued by Interpol Rome.

But he is also faces charges  in Albania as police say that he had been probed after making 1 billion lek transactions earlier this month.

Two other persons were also accused after cooperating with him, one Albanian and one Swiss.

 

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