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Kosovo, and thus has no extradition agreement with it, Kelmendi was tried in
Pristina for crimes that he was alleged to have committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In February 2018, Kelmendi was sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking in Kosovo.
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