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Irfan Azizi shocks British court: The Çopjat committed murders on the orders of the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior, I have proof
2026-04-21 10:23:16 / POLITIKË
Irfan Azizi, a close friend of Talo Çela and Dorian Shkoza, who escaped the November 29, 2020 assassination attempt in Poshnje, Berat, only thanks to the automatic weapon he used that night, Talo Çela's soldier, Altin Kamami, asks the British authorities not to extradite him to Albania.
Daily Mail in an exclusive article reveals details from the court hearing where Irfan Azizi asks not to be extradited because if he returns to Albania "they will kill me and, to prevent this from happening, I will have to kill them, which I don't want to do."
To convince the court, Azizi says: "These people have committed murders for the Prime Minister on his orders and also for the Minister of the Interior. I have proof."
'An Albanian criminal should not return to face justice, as the assassins who previously attempted to kill him will return to "finish the job" , the court was told.
Irfan Azizi stated during his extradition hearing that he miraculously escaped death when he was shot "30 times" during an assassination attempt in 2020, which forced him to flee to Britain.
The 36-year-old said that the criminal group that attempted to kill him "also carried out assassinations of judges and politicians" and would seek revenge if he returned to Albania.
The man with numerous criminal records is currently seeking asylum in the United Kingdom with his wife, while they were previously housed in a hotel funded by taxpayers.
Yesterday, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that Azizi is wanted in Albania to serve a one-year prison sentence, having been convicted in absentia for possession of a mobile phone while in custody for other offences.
During an unusual debate, Azizi admitted that he had paid the Albanian judge to close the case and suggested that this meant he was no longer a wanted person.
British court records show that Azizi and another Albanian were each sentenced to six months in prison at Swindon Crown Court in April 2025, for using fake German patents.
Azizi also has a long criminal history in Albania, including involvement in illegal gambling schemes.
In February 2019 he was sentenced to two years in prison for theft, while in June he received another sentence of two years and three months for stealing a Mercedes-Benz B-Class vehicle.
But just five months later he was free again.
The attempted assassination of him occurred on November 29, 2020. He said he saw a vehicle stop near a gas station and a gunman exit it with a Kalashnikov.
“They started shooting at me, about 30 bullets,” he told the court. “One bullet hit my hand, which broke into 13 pieces.”
The organizer of the assassination has been widely reported in Albanian media as Talo Çela, a former close friend of Aziz and currently one of the most wanted persons in Albania.
Çela is suspected of having links to the Çopja criminal group, a major cocaine supplier to London.
Azizi, the son of a farmer, said he left Albania by bus five weeks after the assassination, arriving in Britain a few days later.
He initially stayed with friends and a cousin, before moving to Sheffield in September 2021, where his wife joined him.
Azizi claimed that in Albania he had been a "wealthy businessman" with three gas stations, car washes, and a coffee bar.
But after his wife joined him in Britain, the couple sought asylum, claiming they feared persecution in their home country, and settled in a taxpayer-funded asylum seeker hotel in Wiltshire.
They then moved to their current home in Taunton with their four children, who receive specialist support from local authorities.
Azizi stated in court that he had paid to close the phone case, but insisted that he had done nothing wrong.
"This is the method: you pay money to close the case. I didn't cheat, I corrupted. If there is a prison sentence and you want it to be lifted, you pay," he said.
Azizi insisted that he would cooperate with the investigation into the assassination attempt against him and return to Albania to testify, but only if the main perpetrator is arrested and charged.
He said he had already given a full statement to Albanian prosecutors.
During questioning, Mr Ball said Aziz was exaggerating the power of the criminal group that tried to kill him, stressing that he had not received any threats during his five years in Britain.
He also added that his wife and four children were not threatened while they lived in Albania, before joining him in Britain in September 2021.
“If you think this group is so powerful, why haven't you been threatened since then?” he was asked.
"You say they have the power to kill people internationally, yet there's no evidence they've made any threats against you, right?"
Azizi replied: " These people have committed murders for the Prime Minister on his orders and also for the Minister of Interior. I have proof."
They don't warn you when they're going to kill you, they just come for you. Even the first time they came to shoot me, they didn't warn me.
I could go and give evidence, but I'm afraid for my family and my wife.
"If I go to Albania, they will kill me, and to prevent that from happening, I will have to kill them, which I don't want to do."
The court heard that extradition would have devastating consequences for Aziz's wife, but the other side argued that they still risk deportation if their asylum claim is rejected.
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