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Albanian extradited from the Netherlands

TIRANA, Nov 17 – Adrian Mertiraj, 41, was extradited from the Netherlands to be under detention in his homeland charged with organizing a prostitution ring. Mertiraj is still to go on trial.
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Tirana hails Kosovo’s democratically-held elections

TIRANA, Nov 17 – Albania hailed peacefully-held elections in neighboring Kosovo as a sign that democracy was functioning well in the newly-independent country. The Foreign Ministry made a statement welcoming the “successful
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Fighting drug traffic, a top priority

TIRANA, Nov 17 – Fighting drug traffic in the country remains the police top priority. That was also confirmed in the arrests they have made during the last few days. In an
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Police stops ancient art theft

BERAT, Albania, Nov 17 – Police arrested four alleged traffickers of ancient art works stolen from churches and museums in the central town of Berat. Mirel Sami Starova, 30, Bujar Nuredin Dine,
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Albania repatriates criminal suspect to China

TIRANA, Nov 16 – Albanian authorities repatriated Shen Lei, a Chinese national wanted in connection with a 100-million-yuan (15 million U.S. dollars) fraud, China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said Monday according
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