Albanian Arrested For Threatening Judge's Life

Albanian police said Ugur Mustafaraj sent threatening phone messages to Chief Justice Artur Malaj to get him to favour him in a court case over a property dispute.

If found guilty, Mustafaraj will face a sentence ranging from a fine to three years' imprisonment.

In September 2011, a 33-year-old judge from the same court, Skerdilajd Konomi, was killed in a mafia-style attack when a blast hit his car as he drove to work.

In February 2009, Supreme Court Judge Ardian Nuni was shot and wounded outside his home in Tirana.

The assailants in both Nuni’s and Konomi’s case have yet to be identified and remain at large.