General Director of the State Police, Ilir Proda, met with Italy’s Ministry of Interior high delegation headed by Brigadier General Luigi Vinciguerra, the Head of Guardia di Finanza’s III Operations Department, Brigadier General Giampiero Ianni, Director of International Cooperation Police Service, ,Salvatore Gava, security expert at Italian Embassy in Tirana, Ferdinando Rucco from the Italian Interforce Police mission in Albania,  Commander of the Guardia di Finanza in Durrës, expert Giampiero Carrieri, and representatives from the Benecon University Consortium.

The meeting focused on ways to coordinate aerial scanning campaign of the Albanian territory for 2025 as part of joint efforts to prevent the cultivation of narcotics.

They also discussed concrete measures to enhance preventive operations and the use of state-of-the-art surveillance operations.

Albania’s State Police Chief Ilir Proda praised close cooperation with the Italian authorities, underlining that combating cannabis cultivation is a top priority.

“Aerial surveillance, police intelligence and international cooperation are key to success,” he said.

General Vinciguerra praised the commitment of the State Police and emphasized that strong partnership between the police and law enforcement agencies between the two countries has paid off.

He affirmed continued support from the Italian police and the Guardia di Finanza and readiness to provide technical resources and expertise to enhance e the effectiveness of territorial control.

The Italian delegation and the Albanian police officials then inaugurated the the laboratory for processing aerial monitoring data, which has been set up by the Guardia di Finanza on the premises of the State Police.

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