Drugs, the Guardia di Finanza seizes 6 tons of hashish on a sailing ship in the Strait of Sicily
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Dia investigation of Venice.
International drug trafficking.
450 kg cocaine seized
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02 July 2021 Corruption, abuse of office, money laundering and international trafficking of large quantities of drugs: for these crimes the Albanian authorities and the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate are carrying out 38 precautionary measures in Albania, Italy, Montenegro and Spain. In addition, decrees for seizure of assets relating to movable and immovable property, for a value of several million euros, are underway.
During the investigations, which constitute the investigative development carried out in Albania of the Shefi and Kulmi Operations carried out by Dia di Bari in 2018 and 2020, they were reconstructed, also with the support of the statements of four collaborators of justice, in addition to corruption phenomena , abuse of office and recycling, the entire drug 'supply chain' with reference to the cultivation, production, collection, storage and shipment to the Apulian coasts aboard very powerful oceanic inflatable boats. The arrests are underway with the international help of the Tirana Interforces Liaison Office and the Albanian police, as part of a joint investigation team,at the disposal of the special anti-corruption and organized crime prosecutor's office of Tirana and the Bari anti-mafia district directorate, with the coordination of Eurojust (The Hague). The precautionary detention order was issued by the judge at the special anti-corruption and organized crime court of first instance in Tirana.