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This week more than 600 kilos of cocaine were seized in Durres, the largest load ever of its kind to be seized by Albanian law enforcement authorities. This massive seizure leaves little doubt that Albania is a transit hub for narcotics beyond marijuana. At a time when all the attention was focused on cannabis cultivation, and marijuana became a foundation of the national economy through its industrial scale cultivation and transportation with all the available tools, from animals to airplanes, it appears that Albania has a new and bigger problem – organized crime turning to the trafficking of hard drugs,…