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EUROPOL: Albania remains a major source of herbal cannabis trafficked into the EU

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL) considers Albania a “major source of herbal cannabis trafficked into the EU”. In the latest report published by EUROPOL, on serious and organized

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49 Kilograms of Cocaine Sequestred at the Port of Durrës

A quantity of 49 kilograms of suspected cocaine was seized by a police operation in the Port of Durrës. The narcotics were found hidden in a banana container coming from Ecuador, through

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SPAK Requests Two Years of Prison for former Chief Prosecutor Llalla

The Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) has requested today two years of prison for the former Chief Prosecutor Adriatik Lalla. While initially the Prosecution’s Office of Durrës investigated the former Chief Prosecutor for

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EUROPOL: Albania remains a major source of herbal cannabis trafficked into the EU

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49 Kilograms of Cocaine Sequestred at the Port of Durrës

Crime·News

A quantity of 49 kilograms of suspected cocaine was seized by a police operation in the Port of Durrës. The narcotics were found hidden in a banana container coming from Ecuador, through

4 years ago

1 min read

SPAK Requests Two Years of Prison for former Chief Prosecutor Llalla

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Swedish Ministers in Tirana: OSCE and fight against organized crime on the agenda

Crime·News·Politics

Sweden’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ann Linde and Minister of Interior Mikael Damberg visited on Wednesday Tirana and met with Prime Minister Rama, primarily to discuss issues of the OSCE. Sweden will take

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Indian loan frauds with Albanian citizenship

Business & Economy·Crime·News

By Sonja Methoxha TIRANA, March 26- Brothers Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara and Chetankumar Jayantilal Sandesara, and their brother-in-law Hitesh Narender Bhai Patel, were wanted in India for money fraud. The three men have

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Human-trafficking rings busted, 39 arrested

Crime·News

TIRANA, March 19 – Albanian police, in cooperation with US, Canadian and other international law enforcement authorities, made 39 arrests and are seeking another 12 people — as part of busting up

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Italian anti-narcotics operation arrests 43, including 21 Albanians

Crime·News

TIRANA, March 14 – The Italian anti-mafia department of Bari took down an Albanian-Italian drug-trafficking network on Wednesday that is alleged to have transported narcotics to the Italian coastline in speedboats. The

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Police arrest man injured in repair shop explosion

Crime·News

TIRANA, March 13 – An explosion at a small cellphone repair shop in Tirana rented by 34-year-old Gentian Hoxha on Tuesday raised doubts the shop also served as an illegal hub to

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€180 million-worth in Europe-bound cocaine seized at DurrÑ‘s seaport

Crime·Main·News

TIRANA, Feb. 28 – Albanian police seized 613 kg of cocaine – the biggest quantity ever seized – valued €180 million in the market inside a container importing bananas from Columbia to

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Business owner shot dead in Blloku

Crime·News

TIRANA, Feb. 14 – A business owner was shot in head with a silencer weapon in Tirana’s prestigious Blloku neighborhood at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, police said. Memli (Afrim) Begalla, 64, was

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Albanian man arrested on U.S. cybercrime charges

Crime·News

TIRANA, Feb. 13 – Albanian authorities arrested Aldo Ymeraj this week — a 25 year old man from Fier who was known online as “the Cuban” and who allegedly belonged to an

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EUROPOL: Albania remains a major source of herbal cannabis trafficked into the EU

49 Kilograms of Cocaine Sequestred at the Port of Durrës

SPAK Requests Two Years of Prison for former Chief Prosecutor Llalla

EUROPOL: Albania remains a major source of herbal cannabis trafficked into the EU

49 Kilograms of Cocaine Sequestred at the Port of Durrës

SPAK Requests Two Years of Prison for former Chief Prosecutor Llalla

Swedish Ministers in Tirana: OSCE and fight against organized crime on the agenda

Indian loan frauds with Albanian citizenship

Human-trafficking rings busted, 39 arrested

Italian anti-narcotics operation arrests 43, including 21 Albanians

Police arrest man injured in repair shop explosion

€180 million-worth in Europe-bound cocaine seized at DurrÑ‘s seaport

Business owner shot dead in Blloku

Albanian man arrested on U.S. cybercrime charges

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