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Police looking to arrest ‘drug baron’ after Greek request

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TIRANA, Dec. 7 – Albanian police said this week they are seeking to arrest Klement Balili, a large business owner and former regional official in southern Albania, who Greek authorities suspect is the head of a powerful drug trafficking group. Greek authorities have sent an official file to back an earlier warrant for Balili, Albania’s Ministry of Justice told the local media this week. There is an international arrest warrant for Balili, whom the Greek media have labeled as a “drug baron” and the “Escobar of the Balkans,” and the Albanian Serious Crimes Prosecution Office has opened a criminal investigation…

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