Italy-Albania Police Operation Nets 40 Suspected Drug Traffickers

Italy-Albania Police Operation Nets 40 Suspected Drug Traffickers

An extensive international drug trafficking network was dismantled after five years of investigation in Albania and Italy. The epicentre was in Durrës, with the Troplini gang, whose members would have "helped" the Socialist Party of Edi Rama in the last elections... The thread of the Info / Politics, Balkans Courier, One - Slideshow, Albania, Defense, Police and Justice, Drugs, PS Albania

Journalist Klodiana Lala, invited to a television show, has provided details about some of the key figures in drug trafficking, identified by investigations by SPAK and the Italian anti-mafia in Operation "Ura". One of......

The investigation, led by the Antimafia Prosecutor's Office Bari (DDA), the Albanian Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organised Crime (SPAK) and the European Judicial Authority Eurojust, led to numerous searches and confiscations of property in Italy, Albania and Belgium. Of the 52 persons arrested, 40 were from Albania and 12 were from Italy. Most of them were detained, including in the Albanian cities of Durrës, Tirana, Shkod…

Major strike against Italian-Albanian drug trafficking network: 52 suspects targeted

With the active assistance of Eurojust, the authorities in Italy and Albania have dealt a major blow to three linked organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering. During a joint action day, arrest warrants were issued against 52 suspects, including individuals believed to be at the highest levels in the hierarchies of the OCGs. Source

The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, Eurojust, has provided details of the mega-drug operation ‘Ura’ which dismantled a large-scale cocaine and heroin trafficking network in Europe. With the active assistance of Eurojust, authorities in Italy and Albania have dealt a major blow to three interconnected organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering. “During a day of joint action,…