Albania Arrests Woman Wanted in Italy for Terror Conviction

Albania Arrests Woman Wanted in Italy for Terror Conviction
ISIS terrorists parade down a street in Raqqa, Syria, on Jan. 14, 2014. ISIS Website via AP
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TIRANA, Albania—A woman wanted in Italy for trying to recruit people to join the ISIS terrorist group was arrested in Albania’s capital on Saturday, police said.

Lubjana Gjecaj, 43, will be extradited to Italy where a court in Milan has sentenced her to three years in prison for association with terror groups, Albanian anti-terror police said. She was taken into custody in Tirana, where she lived.