Albanian murder suspect captured in New York after 25 years on the run

After more than two decades evading capture, Albanian national Valentin Ftoni was taken into federal custody in the New York metropolitan region. He is wanted in Albania for the 2000 murders of a husband and wife, crimes described as part of a "blood feud," and is also linked to additional homicides. The U.S. Marshals Service, working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, traced him using information supplied by INTERPOL Tirana and Washington.

Investigators discovered he had been residing in the United States under several assumed names, likely borrowed from a Central American country. The arrest was praised by INTERPOL officials and U.S. Marshal Ricky J. Patel as evidence of persistent, cross-border collaboration. Ftoni will remain detained while immigration proceedings are pending.