Alket Rizai has been declared wanted in Greece after, according to the country’s authorities, he did not report to Dhomokos prison at 08:00 this morning, when the special leave granted to him was due to end. The move comes after an incident reported two days earlier at a bar, where he was said to have been involved in an altercation with the venue’s bodyguards.
Official version: he did not appear at the scheduled return time
According to Greek police, Rizai was required to return to prison this morning, but that did not happen. After he failed to appear at the penitentiary institution, authorities immediately placed him on the wanted persons list.
Identification through cameras and alert at border points
Greek police claim that he was identified through security cameras. A search alert was then distributed to all police regions in the country, as well as to Greece’s entry and exit points.
This response shows that the case is being treated as a nationwide manhunt, not simply as a routine violation of the conditions of his leave.
The bar incident remains part of the broader picture
In earlier statements by Greek authorities, Rizai’s failure to return is linked in time to the incident that took place two days earlier at a bar, where according to reports he became involved in a conflict with bodyguards. So far, there has been no further public clarification on whether this episode had a direct impact on his decision not to report back to prison.
This is precisely where the main uncertainty remains: authorities have given their version of his movements, but not a full explanation of the circumstances that preceded the decision to declare him wanted.
Near the end of his sentence
Rizai had been expected to complete his sentence within a few months. According to publicly available information, he was nearing release after more than 25 years in Greek prisons.
This makes the issue of his failure to appear even more sensitive, as it comes at a stage when his sentence was approaching its end.
For the moment, Greek authorities consider Alket Rizai a wanted person, and checks have been extended across the country, including at border crossing points.
Full details about his movements and what happened between the end of his leave and the scheduled time for his return to prison remain unclear.