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The criminal organization, based in Albania and with organic branches in the Italian territory, is known to have imported cocaine from South America to Europe via commercial shipping routes and then brought it to Italy via Spain and the Netherlands.
A mega anti-drug operation was carried out in Italy, Albania, Switzerland and Poland, while 61 arrest warrants were issued.
The news is reported by the Italian media, where it is said that this comes after a long investigation and coordination between the Italian law enforcement authorities, with Europol, Eurojust, the Office of the Security Expert at the Italian Embassy in Tirana, and the Albanian, Polish and Swiss police forces.
According to the data so far, the investigation belongs to a 4-year period, 2020-2024, and also includes the analysis of conversations in the "Sky ECC" application. The criminal organization, based in Albania and with organic branches in the Italian territory, is known to have imported cocaine from South America to Europe via commercial shipping routes and then brought it to Italy via Spain and the Netherlands.
Large quantities of cocaine, once introduced into Italy, were stored for later distribution in 5 logistic-operational bases, set up by the organization and located mainly in Brescia, Romano di Lombardia and Palazzolo sull'Oglio and in other municipalities in central Italy -north like Varese and Pisa. Inside the aforementioned centers, deposit managers collected money profited from the sale of narcotics to deliver to a parallel Italo-Chinese organization, which would provide a secret banking service for the transfer of illicit capital. abroad.
In detail, the large amount of money coming from drug trafficking would have flowed, through a Chinese national living in the province of Brescia, into a complex system aimed at "monetizing" fake bills equal to about 375 million euros issued by "entrepreneurs" in compliance. Therefore, this mechanism would have defined a triple advantage for drug traffickers compared to the more traditional cash transfer systems implemented through their physical transport between the borders of different states minimizing the risk of being detected during customs and police controls on the road, the proceeds of the criminal offense in the legal district and savings in commissions for carriers.
In addition to today's precautionary measures, during the investigative actions, 21 people of the organization have already been arrested red-handed and about 2 million euros in cash, 5 pistols and related ammunition, 8 cars and 360 kg of narcotics, which if thrown into the market could have brought profits of around 30 million euros.
Numerous searches are currently underway, carried out with the technical-operational support of SCICO, with the help of modern technological instruments and five anti-drug units and "cash dogs" for the search for narcotic substances and money. The "Green Berets" sector, officers with ATPI specialization "Anti-Terrorism - Ready for Use" and a helicopter from the air-sea component of the Corps were engaged in the operation.
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