Other custody deaths and police-violence complaints cited in sources (not individually verified)
Status: Background only; not individually verified
Summary
Ombudsman and NGO reports describe earlier custody mistreatment complaints: 2016-2025 Ombudsman inspections of stations in Tirana, Vlorë, Korçë, Berat and Dejë (Vlorë and Dejë in 2025) recommended disciplinary or criminal investigations of officers for arbitrary acts. An exit.al article from 2018 reports a man in his mid-forties identified as D.R. dying at Police Station No. 3 in Tirana (initials only; date and cause not confirmed). Two 2026 incidents (Kuçovë, Berat; Tepelenë, Vlorë) concern officers suspended after videos of forced escorts or assaults; neither is confirmed as an injury case in the sources reviewed.
Case details
- Location
- Various (Tirana, Vlorë, Korçë, Berat, Dejë, Kuçovë, Tepelenë)
- Person injured
- Various (unnamed or initials only)
- Injury
- Mostly not specified in sources.
- Police statement
- Various.
- Prosecution file
- Not identified
- Prosecution status
- Not identified
- Footage
- Kuçovë and Tepelenë videos reported by Balkanweb (not opened).
- Official response
- Suspensions reported in the Kuçovë and Tepelenë cases (State Police).
- Outcome
- Unknown.
The record
Four lists kept apart on purpose: what is established, what is only alleged, what is still open, and what those concerned said.
What is proven (0)
Established by documents or official records, as stated in the research. A recorded charge or indictment proves only that the accusation was made.
Nothing recorded in this list.
What is alleged (0)
Accusations, not findings. Those accused are presumed innocent.
Nothing recorded in this list.
Open questions (0)
Nothing recorded in this list.
Responses (0)
Responses of the people and organisations concerned, as recorded.
Nothing recorded in this list.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 2 sources.
Source label: UnverifiedUnverified · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- Oct 2018
- Publisher
- BalkanWeb
- Date
- undated