27/08/1999
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Gazeta Shqiptare

27 August 1999

12 kidnappers arrested. Among them, a Greek from Patra

Greek hostage freed

The kidnappers leave him in a tunnel Yesterday, at around 19:00, the young man was handed over by a villager from Selenica to a police patrol near Tepelenë. From there, the alarm was raised to bring to a conclusion an operation that had begun three months ago. Also yesterday, Sarandë’s blue uniforms arrested two more people, a Greek and an Albanian. On page 6 The Greek hostage Jorgo Laliotis, who was freed by his kidnappers yesterday at around 19:00

Albanian killers hiding in Kosovo

PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE Albanian killers hiding in Kosovo People wanted for various crimes in Albania are hiding in Kosovo. After committing serious crimes in the country, such as murder and robbery, and taking part in armed gangs, people wanted by the Albanian police have found a safe haven on Kosovo soil, where apparently no one remembers to catch them. These people are reportedly part of a list of around 72 individuals, which also includes the most dangerous people. On page 7

“I have been identifying corpses across Albania for 30 years”

The account of Bardhy Çipi, the doctor and the man who worked with the dead “I have been identifying corpses across Albania for 30 years” On pages 12–13

Memia: How Albanians will be disarmed

“First, we will register the weapons” On page 4