Politics · Turkey · 13 hrs ago
Turkish interior minister plans Germany and Italy visits to pursue crime suspects
Türkiye’s Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi says he will soon visit Germany and Italy to strengthen cooperation on returning crime suspects to Türkiye.
He has already discussed the issue with officials in Bulgaria, Georgia and Greece.
Çiftçi says criminal groups sometimes flee abroad when they come under pressure, and he warned that they would still be pursued.
Türkiye is also targeting newer gangs that use teenagers to commit crimes and recruit through social media.
By the end of September, authorities had conducted 1,741 operations against 625 such groups and secured the arrest and imprisonment of 8,170 people, Çiftçi said.
He said Türkiye secured the extradition of 736 people from abroad in the first nine months of the year.
The planned visits are part of efforts to increase cooperation and bring more suspects back to face justice in Türkiye.
Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said he would soon visit Germany and Italy to strengthen efforts to bring crime suspects back to Türkiye.
He warned that people who flee abroad should not expect to escape Turkish justice.
Çiftçi said Türkiye secured the extradition of 736 people from abroad in the first nine months of the year.
He reported 1,741 operations targeting 625 criminal organizations by the end of September, resulting in the arrest and imprisonment of 8,170 people.
He said the gangs also operate abroad and are involved in crimes including drug trafficking, smuggling and fraud.
- Who
- Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi.
- What
- He plans to visit Germany and Italy to pursue cooperation on bringing crime suspects back to Türkiye.
- When
- He said the visits would take place soon. The interview was on Saturday.
- Where
- Germany and Italy.
- Why
- To strengthen Türkiye’s efforts to locate and return people accused of crimes who have fled abroad.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
They should not think they can escape us by fleeing abroad.
In the first nine months of this year, we secured the extradition of 736 people from abroad.
Through our upcoming visits and security diplomacy efforts, we will further increase this number.
We will track down every single one of them and bring them back to Türkiye.
Çiftçi took office as interior minister.
Çiftçi visited Greece and held separate meetings with the country’s minister for citizen protection and minister for migration and asylum.
Çiftçi told KonTV he would soon visit Germany and Italy.
Türkiye secured the extradition of 736 people from abroad, Çiftçi said.
Çiftçi said authorities had carried out 1,741 operations targeting 625 criminal organizations.
- Planned visits
- Germany and Italy
- Extraditions
- 736 people from abroad in the first nine months of the year
- Crackdown operations
- 1,741 targeting 625 criminal organizations by the end of September
- Arrests and imprisonment
- 8,170 people
- Drug enforcement
- 42,377 operations and 35,819 arrests this year
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