Aleks Visha has been arrested in Dubai, where he had been living for some time, while the news was confirmed by him himself through a reaction on social media.
According to the post he published, the arrest is related to a campaign on the GoFundMe platform, where it is claimed that around 450 thousand dollars have been raised for an Albanian girl who is battling leukemia.
“After a GoFundMe where 450k dollars were raised, why directly to prison? And deportation from Dubai, after a phone call saying I’m a criminal,” he writes in the public reaction.
So far, there is no official information on the specific charges brought against him by the Dubai authorities.
Also, it is not yet clear whether the arrest of Aleks Visha was carried out in collaboration with or on behalf of the Albanian authorities.