Sami Hoştan | |
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Born | 1 July 1947 |
Died | 11 May 2015 | (aged 67)
Occupation | Mafia Boss |
Sami Hoştan (1 July 1947 – 11 May 2015 [1]), also known as Arnavut Sami Sami the Albanian, was a Turkish suspect in the Ergenekon trials. [2] He was a former partner of casino king Ömer Lütfü Topal; he was acquitted of Topal's murder in 2001. [3] He was a friend of Abdullah Çatlı's; he was one of the first to arrive to collect Çatlı's body from the scene of the 1996 Susurluk car crash. [4] He was arrested as part of the Ergenekon investigation in January 2008. [5]