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June 30, 2020 Dia di Bari and the Albanian authorities, with the help of Criminalpol, the Tirana Inter-Forces Liaison Office and the Albanian police, as well as with the collaboration - in Italy - of carabinieri, state police, Guardia di Finanza and of Dia di Foggia, Lecce, Bologna, Rome, Naples and Catanzaro, are jointly carrying out, between Italy and Albania, on the orders of the DDA of Bari and of the Special Prosecution Anti-corruption and Organized Crime of Tirana - with the Coordination of Eurojust (The Hague ), directed by the Italian national member - 37 arrests of persons believed to be responsible for international trafficking of large quantities of drugs. Seizure decrees are also under way for a total of 4 million euros. A press release made it known. During the investigation, approximately three and a half tons of drugs were seized from marijuana, cocaine and hashish, for a value of over 40 million euros and corresponding to about 7 million doses. More information on the operation will be provided during a press conference to be held at 12, which will be attended by Federico Cafiero De Raho, national anti-Mafia and counter-terrorism prosecutor, Arben Kraja, special anti-corruption and organized crime prosecutor in Tirana, Filippo Spiezia, vice president and member for Italy of Eurojust, Giuseppe Volpe, prosecutor of the Republic of Bari, with the deputy prosecutor Francesco Giannella, owner of the DDA of Bari and Giuseppe Governale, director of the Dia.Drug trafficking between Italy and Albania: 37 arrests
2020-06-30T06:35:33.473Z
The Dia di Bari and the Albanian authorities, with the help of Criminalpol, the Tirana Inter-Forces Liaison Office and the Albanian police, as well as with the collaboration - in Italy - of carabinieri, state police, Guardia di Finanza and Dia of Foggia, Lecce, Bologna, Rome, Naples and Catanzaro, are jointly carrying out, between Italy and Albania, on the orders of the DDA of Bari and the Special Prosecution Anti-corruption and Organized Crime of Tirana - with the Coordination of Eurojust (The Hague), directed by the Italian national member - 37 arrests of persons believed to be responsible for international traffic in large quantities of drugs. Seizure decrees are also under way for a total of 4 million euros. A press release made it known. During the investigation, approximately three and a half tons of drugs were seized from marijuana, cocaine and hashish, for a value of over 40 million euros and corresponding to about 7 million doses. More information on the operation will be provided during a press conference to be held at 12, which will be attended by Federico Cafiero De Raho, national anti-Mafia and counter-terrorism prosecutor, Arben Kraja, special anti-corruption and organized crime prosecutor in Tirana, Filippo Spiezia, vice president and member for Italy of Eurojust, Giuseppe Volpe, prosecutor of the Republic of Bari, with the deputy prosecutor Francesco Giannella, owner of the DDA of Bari and Giuseppe Governale, director of the Dia.
Source: rainews