TIRANA, November 27/ATA/ The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime completed the main phase of the investigations for criminal proceedings related to international drug trafficking case between Albania and Italy.
SPAK investigation is a joint process with the Anti-Mafia District Prosecutor’s Office in Brescia, Italy and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Swiss Confederation.
The joint investigations have revealed so far the activity of a criminal group, composed mainly of Albanian citizens, which aimed at international drug trafficking.
This criminal group is suspected of having imported narcotics from South America to northern Europe, via sea routes, exporting them, via land routes towards Italy.
The Italian authorities have seized a considerable quantity of narcotics, of the cocaine type, amounting to over 1300 kg.
Also, during the preliminary investigations, there came out that police officer I.H. has disclosed to the suspected persons some investigative secrets in exchange for money. Hence, the Police Supervision Agency arrested today the officer in question. /p.s./
