Former member of Cerrik Gang, sentenced to 20 years in prison for several criminal offenses, has been extradited Wednesday to Albania from Greece. Criminal Bashkim Buzani, 50 years old, was extradited by the Central Office Interpol Tirana, as reported.

Buzani was declared internationally wanted based on the 2005 decision of the Elbasan Judicial District Court, which sentenced him to 20 years in prison, for the criminal offenses "Criminal organization" in the form of participation in a criminal organization, "Armed robbery" and "Theft" committed in collaboration.

On 04.04.2005, Buzani was arrested in Greece by the Greek authorities, for the criminal offense "Trafficking in narcotics" and the Thessaloniki Court of Appeal, with the decision of 12.10.2005, sentenced him to 16 years in prison and was extradited to Albania aafter serving his sentence in Greece.

Back in the riots of March 1997, Bashkim Buzani was a member of an armed gang. Initially, this group was created by an armed group of people in neighborhood no. 3 in Cërrik, in order to protect them from another gang.

Then, over time, taking on the characteristics of an armed group with a special form of cooperation of many years, the members of the group committed various acts such as murder and armed robbery.

This group violently robbed the refugee vans coming from Kapshtica, bringing down the refugees, who beat and humiliated them. Also, the citizen Bashkim Buzani, in cooperation with other members of the group, robbed several apartments and various premises.

It became known from the Cërrik massacre in 1997, where members of this gang killed six guards. Roland Xhepaxhiu is known as the leader of this gang, and he was arrested while returning from abroad to Rinas airport in Tirana.

Meanwhile, the other members of this gang are Met Bozi, Arjan Toska and Arjan's brothers, Sokol Buzani, Tomorr Buzani, Bujar Buzani, Luan Buzani, Bashkim Buzani. The latter are even accused of killing the guards.