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TIRANA, May 11 – Albanian law enforcement authorities seized more than €8 million in suspected money laundering transfers and accounts in 2016, a considerable part of which originating from narcotics trafficking and cultivation, according to an annual report by the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit. Another €16 million was seized in real estate assets of suspected criminal origin, says the Agency for the Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets. The amount of accounts seized by the prosecutor’s offices was about three times lower compared to about €28.7 million seized under precautionary police orders. While the origin of the proceeds remains unknown…
