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Italian-Albanian crime gang arrested

ASTI, Italy, June 16 – Twenty-four members of an Italian-Albanian criminal organization involved in cocaine trafficking and the exploitation of prostitution have been arrested. The group operated in Albania, the Netherlands and
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KFOR commander in Albania

TIRANA, June 16 – NATO’s top official in Kosova, French Lt. Gen. Xavier de Marnhac, visited Albania Monday to meet with officials. During the visit, the KFOR commander met with Interior Minister
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Albanian woman lost in Belgium

TIRANA, June 17 – Albanian police called on all local residents to assist by providing any information regarding Albana Margjeka, 30, who has been missing from Ham-sur Heure Nalinnes town in Belgium
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Thief suspect arrested in Tirana

TIRANA, June 18 – Police said they had arrested Artur Canaj, 21, who robbed personal items from women. He first made as if he wanted to catch the women’s intimate body parts
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Policemen fired for violence

DURRES, June 18 – Four city hall policemen, including their head, were arrested after exercising violence against the driver of a bus. The conflict started when they asked for the driver’s documentation.
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Torrential rain floods towns

TIRANA, June 13 – Heavy rain last weekend flooded many western cities and temporarily blocked roads. The 32-miimeter rain flooded Durres, but also some streets in Tirana reported flooding when the Lana
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4 arrested for weapons traffic

TIRANA, June 19 – Four Albanians were arrested and accused of arms trafficking, police reported. Alfred Qafa, 25, Fiqiret Onuzi, 26, Bujar Ajeti (Germizi), 37, and Baftjar Halilaj, 31, were arrested in
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Tourism season draws police attention

TIRANA, June 13 – Interior Minister Bujar Nishani, police official Ahmet Prenci and other senior officials have met to review the preparations of all institutions and police forces to cope with the
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New grades do not cut police numbers

TIRANA, June 16 – Top police official, Ahmet Prenci, assured the nation’s police force that new grading system being instituted does not mean any policemen would be fired. The new grading system
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2 Albanians extradited from Italy

TIRANA, June 16 – Two Albanians, Petrit Osmeni, 43, and Arben Gjokeja, 36, were extradited last weekend from Italy. In 2005, Gjokeja acting with two other persons, killed two persons and injured
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