Towers, resorts and cocaine money put Albania’s criminal economy in plain sight. A SPAK investigation into alleged drug-money laundering has linked the Zvërnec resort controversy, Tirana’s tower boom and Albania’s strategic investment model, deepening public anger after nearly two weeks of anti-government protests. Tirana Times, June 12, 2026 – A sweeping investigation by Albania’s Special Anti-Corruption Structure, SPAK, has opened a new and explosive front in the country’s political crisis, raising allegations that money from international cocaine trafficking has been laundered through luxury coastal developments, strategic investment schemes and some of the tallest construction projects in Tirana. The case comes…
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