A criminal Albanian immigrant can’t be deported to Britain — whence he came to Germany — because the prison authorities in Albion might violate his human rights.

You can’t make this [excrement] up.

Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Apollo News. The translator’s comments are in square brackets:

Karlsruhe Judicial Failure

Hardened criminal Albanian is set free — because extradition to Great Britain is “inhumane”.

The Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court decided not to extradite a drug dealer wanted by Interpol to Great Britain because of prison conditions that allegedly violate human dignity. Instead, he was simply released in Germany.

An Albanian wanted by Interpol, who was actually supposed to be extradited to Great Britain, was released by German authorities. The reason: the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court (OLG) found his extradition inadmissible in a judgment at the beginning of the year. This was reported by the legal online magazine LTO. According to the Higher Regional Court, it cannot be ruled out that the prisons in Great Britain might violate the European Convention on Human Rights.

The man was wanted on an arrest warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates Court. The police accused him of dealing in drugs on a large scale — five kilos of cocaine — in Great Britain and also laundering funds to the amount of €384,000. Interpol issued an international arrest warrant, red notice, against him after he traveled to Germany to visit his sick girlfriend. The German police temporarily arrested him on December 28, 2022, and he was taken into extradition custody.

Possible violation of the European Convention on Human Rights

His criminal defense lawyer Janssen, a lawyer from Freiburg, had studied partly in Glasgow and wrote his dissertation on the penal system in England, Wales and Scotland in national and international comparison — and was therefore also very familiar with the weaknesses of the British prison system. He argued that conditions in British prisons were simply inhumane. So you have to contend with constant overcrowding and staff shortages, which leads to violence among the inmates. In addition, some of the prisons date back to the 19th century Victorian era and the conditions are still the same: small, dark and poorly ventilated cells. [What about an oubliette or a guva? Would be a perfect place, in my humble opinion.]

The Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court took these concerns very seriously and, among other things, demanded a guarantee from the British side that the prisoner would not be taken to a prison whose conditions did not at least meet the minimum standards of the European Convention on Human Rights. The police department in Manchester replied by email at the last minute before the deadline — they could not offer any guarantees, nor what prison the Albanian would go to.

Only the indication is that the first prison in which the prisoner is to be housed will probably be in the greater London area. Based on this information, the Albanian’s lawyer drew the court’s attention to the fact that Wandsworth Prison, which is 160% overcrowded, is also located in Greater London. The Higher Regional Court then asked Great Britain again whether there was any specific information on the planned accommodation of the prisoner. This time the British side allowed the deadline to lapse and did not reply further. [What, he’s not going to a five-star hotel with full board and adjacent brothel? That’s INHUMANE.]

Albanian is now a free man

The end of the drama: After the deadline, the Higher Regional Court decided that the Albanian’s extradition was “currently inadmissible”. As long as the British side cannot guarantee minimum standards of conditions, the prisoner cannot be extradited. Now comes the problem: Germany cannot extradite the prisoner, so he stays here. But Germany itself has no starting points for criminal prosecution, since the act neither took place in Germany nor does the Albanian have German citizenship. Only the British judiciary can pursue the case, but the man cannot be extradited to them.

The Albanian was therefore immediately released from custody pending extradition and is now at large in Germany. The international arrest warrant against him remains in place and the British judiciary can try again to obtain extradition. So far, however, this has not happened. As long as the suspected drug dealer remains a free man.

Afterword from the translator:

Germany has become a paradise for hardened career criminals, drug dealers, woman- and child-molesters. Woe to anyone who dares to criticize this policy; they will feel the full force of the law and will be locked up for several years. If necessary, a new law is created in which an honest citizen who demands his rights and freedoms is criminalized, persecuted, prosecuted and then locked up. Somehow Adolf and his ilk are back under a new name for this best DEMOCKERACY of all times.

But I would make a bet that if I were to commit a crime in South Africa, then flee to Germany with an International Arrest Warrant in my pocket, they’d extradite me without so much a blink of an eye. I wouldn’t even have the time to unlace my shoes before being flown back to Cape Town in handcuffs to face a stint in Pollsmoor or Helderstroom Prison.