Turkiye is seeking to spread a Belgium-backed joint action plan across Europe to shut down safe havens for fugitive gang bosses, after returning 714 suspects from 42 countries this year. Turkish authorities plan to brief European capitals with intelligence reports, according to Türkiye Today, aimed at countering extradition blocks based on human-rights or fair-trial grounds. Officials also say European countries have become the main refuge for gang leaders under pressure from Turkish crackdowns. Under the Belgium-Turkiye joint action plan covering drugs and gangs, Turkish officials want stronger judicial cooperation and concrete measures against terrorist groups on Belgium’s territory, alongside wider efforts against organized crime and irregular migration. Turkiye’s ministers met in Brussels with senior Belgian officials, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot, Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden, Security and Interior Minister Bernard Quintin, and Asylum and Migration Minister Anneleen Van Bossuyt. The Turkish side also called for stepped-up action on organized crime. Turkish police carried out 1,675 operations against more than 600 crime groups this year. In one trial, Bahadir Akdag and Zafer Boyun received 12 life terms each. Files involving fugitive leaders were separated. The article says several fugitive bosses run operations remotely from countries including Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland and Italy. It adds that Italy rejected two extradition requests for Baris Boyun, citing prison conditions and human rights, while Bayram Demir remains in custody in Milan. A separate case described in the report says Gurbakan Gultepe, wanted on an Interpol Red Notice, is the alleged manager of a drug and logistics network routed via Georgia. Key figures Ercan Yilmaz and Ibrahim Kaymak were extradited from Armenia. The latest updates include claims that U.S. national Richard James Schueler, named in an Interpol Red Notice over an alleged $1 billion cryptocurrency fraud, was detained in Istanbul. The Interior Ministry also announced the capture in Izmir of Kosovo-linked suspect Valmir Berisha, wanted by Germany for drug trafficking, threats and deprivation of liberty, in an operation coordinated with the National Intelligence Organization (MIT). Istanbul police also arrested Omer Guney, wanted on an Interpol Red Notice since 2014 and convicted of child sexual abuse and other crimes.