TIRANA, November 14 – The Shkodra court has approved the request for the extradition of Russian citizen Igor Kokunov to Moscow.
The 59-year-old was declared an international wanted man after being accused of supporting and cooperating with a Russian criminal. Crime boss Igor Kokunov, also known as “Vasya Bandit” escaped on February 22, 2022 from house arrest pending trial.
Kokunov is accused of crimes such as kidnapping, extortion, robbery, fraud and organizing illegal business.
Vasya Bandit was arrested by the Russian authorities in June 2020 on charges of coordinating criminals in the Sergiev Posad, Chekhov and Podolsk regions of the Moscow region for 27 years. /argumentum.al