The former chief prosecutor of Albania has been arrested while on the run from authorities in Italy, police said.
Adriatik Llalla was convicted in October of hiding money from illegally owned properties and sentenced to two years in prison.
Llalla -- who served as Albania’s prosecutor general from 2012 to 2017 -- left the country after the court found him guilty of falsely declaring his assets.
Albanian police said Lllalla’s “whereabouts and arrest was made possible" after communication with Interpol authorities in Italy.
Police added that they will now begin proceedings to extradite the former prosecutor.
Llalla was originally convicted in May and sentenced by an Albanian court that handles top officials’ corruption cases.
He had failed to
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