Turkey arrests an Albanian, suspected of being a spy for Israel

Turkey has arrested a person named Liridon Rexhepi, who is suspected of being the head of the Israeli Mossad financial network. As written by the Turkish state news agency, Anadolu Agency, the suspect was arrested by the Anti-Terror Department in Istanbul.

He is suspected of having managed the Mossad's financial network in Turkey. Mossadi is Israel's national intelligence agency.

According to the suspicions, the suspect has carried out drone recordings and psychological operative activities against Palestinian politicians under the instructions of the Israeli Intelligence Service. He is suspected of transferring money to field staff in Turkey who compiled information related to Syria.

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The Turkish authorities are reported to have tracked all the movements on the suspect's accounts. The suspect was detained on August 30. According to AA, he admitted to the police that he transferred money. 

As "Anadolu Agency" writes, Rexhepi has transferred money to Turkey from Kosovo as well. It is suspected that he did this through microfinance institutions and cryptocurrencies.

The Minister of Justice of Kosovo, Albulena Haxhiu, has confirmed that in the case of the Kosovar citizen arrested in Turkey under the suspicion that he was the head of the Israeli Mossad's finances in Istanbul, Turkey has sent questions to Kosovo. She has said that when there are details that can be made public, they will be made public.

"They also sent us written questions about the case in question when I entered this conference and because of the sensitivity of the issue that in general these issues are sensitive, especially when information is given without proper action being taken. I have asked the director of the department to notify me only of matters that can be notified to the public. Therefore, I respectfully request that as soon as this conference is concluded, allow me to respond in writing in relation to the issues that are allowed. So, the director of the department is already dealing with this issue", said Haxhiu in a press conference on Tuesday.

Photo of Liridon Rexhepi