Overview
- Sources say Gezim Troka, 50, remains in Britain nearly four years after the High Court threw out his final appeal in December 2021.
- A Westminster Magistrates' Court judge granted him unconditional bail on August 2, 2024, leaving him under no reporting or movement conditions.
- Officials in Albania are reported to be considering pulling their extradition request as nearly two decades have passed since his 2008 conviction.
- Troka was convicted in absentia in Albania in 2008 for forcing his partner into prostitution and was sentenced to six years, after an earlier partial sentence in Italy in 1995 for exploitation offences.
- UK authorities approved Albania’s extradition request after identifying him in immigration detention following entry on a fake Bulgarian passport and a later common‑assault conviction, while the Home Office has not said what will happen next.