15/12/2000
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Gazeta Shqiptare

15 December 2000

ITALIAN INVESTORS: “WE ARE CONCERNED”

GABUTI SPEAKS, HEAD OF ICE On page 2

MOBILE PHONES YESTERDAY: 4 HOURS IN BLACKOUT

WHY DID AMC NOT GIVE WARNING? MOBILE PHONES YESTERDAY 4 HOURS IN BLACKOUT On page 4

Meta’s secret message to Bukoshi

ASSASSINATION PLOT ALERT in Kosovo ALERT assassination plot in Kosovo Meta’s secret message to Bukoshi The three assassins

37 kilos of heroin seized: Durrës gang captured

ITALY/ 6 people behind bars A powerful mafia clan with strong connections was dismantled; it was headed for Italy, which served as a springboard

A message for Bukoshi

The three assassins from Albania had begun making contacts in Kosovo, and if they were to attack the Prime Minister, they could not do it alone, especially on terrain not very familiar to them. What was kept secret before and after the head of the Government’s visit to Pristina On page 3

heroin. Durrës gang captured

A mafia clan with strong ties to an Albanian family in Durrës is dismantled. According to ANSA, an operation by the Anti-Mafia Department resulted in six arrests and the seizure of 37 kilograms of pure heroin. Investigators from the local Anti-Mafia Prosecutor’s Office in Bari report that the drugs had come from Albania and were headed for Italy, which served as a springboard to various countries in Europe. The seized drugs were of very high quality and their price reached astronomical figures. The purchase of 37 kilograms of pure heroin cost more than 2 billion lire, but they did not manage to distribute it to its destination. On page 7

DURRËS/Author arrested

He stole the cable, leaving 6 villages without electricity

He stole 1 kilometre of electric cable and left 6 villages without electricity for 24 hours straight. Shpend Turku, 33, a resident of neighbourhood no. 14 in Shkozet, has ended up in a cell at the Durrës police station ... On page 16

IOM TO WORK IN ITALY

IOM TO WORK IN ITALY The list of names of the people who will be interviewed On page 18