Princ Dobroshi (born 2 April 1964 in Peja,

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, SFR Yugoslavia) is a

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crime boss, formerly active in Europe in the 1990s dealing with drug trafficking and

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to the Kosovo Liberation Army. As of 2006 he is living in

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Crime career

In 1993 he was caught in

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and in 1994 sentenced to 14 years in prison for heroin trafficking (other charges were pending in Sweden and Denmark). In a well coordinated operation he escaped from the

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in 1997. He moved to the

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where his group soon dominated in drug trafficking. On 23 February 1999 he was arrested in

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. On 6 September 2000 he was to be interrogated by the court at Ringerike District Jail, due to the high security aspect. The interrogations were canceled after the bus, carrying the court members, crashed with a truck, killing 3 of its members. The criminal underground had planned armed attack on the

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but in August 1999 Dobroshi was

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to Norway to complete his sentence. He was paroled and deported for "good behavior" in January 2005. Then he returned into the Czech Republic and stayed there for three months, until his visa expired. Later, he returned to

Peć Peja ( Indefinite Albanian form: ''Pejë'' ) or Peć ( sr-Cyrl, Пећ ) is the fourth largest city of Kosovo and seat of Peja Municipality and Peja District. It is situated in the region of Rugova on the eastern section of the Accursed Moun ...

, Kosovo. He has admitted friendship with Arfan Qadeer Bhatti who was arrested in Norway on charges of planning to terrorize Israeli and American embassies in

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, Norway. As of September 2006, he was living in Kosovo while his Albanian wife and their two children lived in Prague. An investigation of terror suspects in Norway in September 2006 discovered contacts between one of the suspects and Dobroshi (they met in

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in 2005).

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, a newspaper in the Czech Republic, speculated about possibility of Dobroshi taking revenge and organizing a terror attack in Prague. In an interview the next day, Dobroshi acknowledged he knew the person but denied any involvement.Drogový král popřel přípravu atentátů v Praze - iDNES.cz
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References

External links

(in Czech, material of Ministry of Interior)
Overview of Dobroshi's activities
(scroll to section 3) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobroshi, Princ 1964 births Living people People from Peja Albanian gangsters Kosovan gangsters Crime bosses Albanian escapees Escapees from Norwegian detention Albanian drug traffickers Albanian expatriates in Norway People extradited to Norway People extradited from the Czech Republic Albanian murderers