SPAK-smuggling-investigation – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:20:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Smuggling of 1 120 emigrants, SPAK concludes investigation of 25 suspects https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/06/17/smuggling-of-1120-emigrants-spak-concludes-investigation-of-25-suspects/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/06/17/smuggling-of-1120-emigrants-spak-concludes-investigation-of-25-suspects/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:18:00 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=181714 TIRANA, June 17 /ATA/ – By I.Vata/ SPAK has concluded investigation of 4 criminal syndicates for trafficking in human beings which operated in Albania, Italy and Turkey and has brought charges against 25 suspects.

At the end of the investigation, SPAK states that members of 4 criminal groups in complicity with each other exercised the criminal activity (2 groups in Italy, 1 group in Albania and 1 group in Turkey) of smuggling various persons from the Middle East to Southern Italy and subsequently to other EU countries.

The joint investigation documented 30 episodes of the smuggling of 1,120 immigrants against 5,000 to 10,000 euros.

Albanian, Italian and Greek judicial authorities, as part of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) established between the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, Albania; Anti-Mafia Section of the Lecce Prosecutor’s Office, Italy; as well as the General Prosecutor’s Office of Athens, Greece; with the coordination of EUROJUST (AJA) and the assistance of EUROPOL; have conducted simultaneous investigations in the three states that are part of the team and in several other states.

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