Since the early hours of the morning, a major operation against international drug trafficking, money laundering and abuse of office has been underway, led by the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate of Bari and the Albanian authorities, with the assistance of Interpol, the Security Expert Office in Tirana and the Albanian Police, by order of the Anti-Mafia District Directorate of Bari and the Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana, under the coordination of Eurojust (The Hague) and the National Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Directorate of Rome.
52 arrest warrants have been issued in several cities, including Durrës, Vlorë, Fier, etc. Agents from the BKH, the police and the Italian anti-mafia are participating in the operation.
According to some sources, lawyers, businessmen, police officers, officials and characters from the criminal world are involved. Meanwhile, it is learned that so far three people have been arrested in Fier, Vlora and Durrës. Sources say that an arrest warrant has been issued for Ervis Doçi, known in Durrës as Visi i Pojës. As well as the administrator of a travel company, Ligor Çombashi. An arrest warrant has also been issued for a lawyer in Durrës, Armand Tragaj, for a former police officer and for a person identified as Orges Molla.
At 10:30, a joint press conference on the details of this operation will be held by the head of SPAK Altin Dumani, the Chief Prosecutor of Bari Roberto Rossi, the Director of the Italian Anti-Mafia, General Michele Carbone, and the representative of Eurojust for Italy, Gianluca Forlani.
Operation "Bridge" foresees the execution of decisions for the seizure of assets in Albania and Italy, which include movable and immovable assets, worth several million euros, as well as orders for arrest in prison, issued by the investigating judge of Bari and by the Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana, against 52 persons suspected of involvement in international trafficking of large quantities of narcotics, money laundering and abuse of office.
The investigative activity, stated in a DIA announcement, is part of a broader investigative project by the DDA of Bari and SPAK of Tirana, with the aim of combating the uninterrupted international trafficking of cocaine and heroin, controlled by Albanian criminal organizations, which transport large quantities of these drugs between the Balkans, Northern Europe and Puglia.
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