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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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Student’s murder highlights plight of gender-based violence

Crime·News

TIRANA, Jan. 23 – Many Tirana residents, mostly students, joined a protest march to honor Ariela Murati, a young woman who was shot dead on Sunday after rejecting the advances of a

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Albania condemns assassination of key Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic

Crime·Free to Read·News·Region

TIRANA, Jan. 16 – Oliver Ivanovic, a top Kosovo Serb politician, was shot dead Tuesday morning outside his party headquarters in northern of part of Mitrovica. Several bullets were fired at Ivanovic

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Rus neighborhood, where 300g of TNT explosive went off

Explosive attack in Shkodra wounds eight people

Crime·News

TIRANA, Jan. 15 – An explosion at Shkodra’s Partizani neighborhood injured eight people on Saturday, including Lulzim Kulla, 42, who police see as the likely target due to his criminal past. Kulla

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One ton of cannabis found on Adriatic shore

Crime·News

TIRANA, Sept 20 – Authorities have seized a sailing boat with one ton of cannabis on board off the shore of Darezeze Beach in central Fier County. A joint operation of the

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Authorities working to find blasts’ authors

Crime·Main·News·Politics

Investigators believe explosives were used to send a message to law enforcement and cause panic after two blasts and attempted attacks this week. TIRANA, Feb. 12 – Authorities are on the hunt

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Questions linger over military pilot’s journey into drug trafficking

Crime·News

TIRANA, Feb. 2, 2015 – Authorities are investigating how an Albanian military helicopter pilot was recruited into drug trafficking, after he died last week when the rented helicopter he was flying while on leave

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Albania urged to develop police forensic laboratories

Crime·News

TIRANA, Feb. 3 – The international community on Tuesday urged Albania to pay considerable attention to the development of the forensic science for police in an effort to help its fight against

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Kung fu story is fake, says local journalist

Crime·News

BULQIZE, Feb. 3 – The story that three Chinese held up at gunpoint on a rural road in northwestern Albania used their marital arts skills to overpower three would-be armed robbers was

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Albanian, Italian prosecutors launch joint investigations

Crime·News·Region

The Albanian General Prosecution Office and the Italian Anti-Mafia Directorate have decided to establish Joint Investigation Teams, a structure of which has a history of success in European Union countries ROME, Jan.

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Crime rate declined in 2014, police chief says

Crime·News

Police say work showing good results, making country safer TIRANA, Jan 27 – Albanian police achieved better results in 2014 than in previous years, according to the country’s top police official. State

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Attempted assassination of prison warden brings back trend of TNT targeted violence

Crime·News

DURRES, Jan. 22 – A prison warden was wounded when a small amount of TNT was remotely detonated as he drove in a limited-access road inside the Durres seaport on Jan 19.

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Crime - Page 2

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

Student’s murder highlights plight of gender-based violence

Albania condemns assassination of key Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic

Explosive attack in Shkodra wounds eight people

One ton of cannabis found on Adriatic shore

Authorities working to find blasts’ authors

Questions linger over military pilot’s journey into drug trafficking

Albania urged to develop police forensic laboratories

Kung fu story is fake, says local journalist

Albanian, Italian prosecutors launch joint investigations

Crime rate declined in 2014, police chief says

Attempted assassination of prison warden brings back trend of TNT targeted violence

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