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A joint operation by the Italian, Albanian, Swiss and Polish authorities, coordinated by Eurojust, led on Wednesday to the bust of an organization dealing with the trafficking of cocaine from Latin American countries to Europe, mainly in Italy. The Italian prosecutor's office in Brescia announced that a total of 61 arrest warrants had been issued for the members of the organization, which consisted mainly of Albanians.
It is learned that at least 43 Albanians have been arrested in Italy, while in Albania, the Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime announced that it has arrested two other members of the group. During the investigation, which lasted 4 years, 360 kg of narcotics of the cocaine type, weapons and other valuables, estimated at the value of 60 million Euro cash, were seized.
According to the Italian authorities, the organization imported cocaine from Latin America through commercial ships, to Spain and Holland, then transporting it to Italy, where it had 5 logistic-operational bases, in the northern areas, in Brescia, Varese and Pisa. The proceeds from the sale of drugs went to a parallel Italian-Chinese organization which offered a kind of secret banking service for the transfer of illegal capital abroad.
A Chinese citizen residing in Brescia was involved in the process of money laundering, through a complex system, of false invoices, the value of which reached 375 million euros. Earlier, during the investigations, 21 other members of the group were arrested, as well as 2.5 million euros in cash, as well as weapons, ammunition and various vehicles were seized.
In Albania, during today's operation, 21 apartments and other premises were searched, mainly in the Manza area, near Durrës, and "30,000 Euros, 6,000 Pounds, 2 vehicles, 1 gun, 4 Rolex watches, 26 mobile devices, documents, other valuables, as well as other material evidence"./ VOA
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