The Albanian Mafia breaks out
Dirty USD are laundered in the banks of Tirana. Clandestine case, in the Albanian triko vehicle [?]
. Dirty USD are laundered in the banks of Tirana. Clandestine case, in the Albanian triko vehicle. Pages 6, 7, 8. Not only to be armed. BY FATOS LUBONJA. The last year of the departure of Albanians and people and weapons across the border. They had not forgotten; they distinguished them more from the crowds. This time there are not mainly Albanians; the news was that the five arrested were carrying long weapons, for which they had also exploded on the black market. So I was convinced by the others. This time they were young and others. Was it the press? Yes. I have not been threatened more than I was presented. It was mainly about weapons, pistols, Kalashnikovs. Today Albanians are refugees. The very name makes Albanians, the most tragic of 1997, sound sorrowful. These words used by the Italian press remained as a refrain of the time. Wherever you go — symbol of evil, symbol of the ungrateful, the sad Albanian mafia for criminal experience, with the usual Albanian nickname, strong and sly. Only with the photo of the policemen with bare feet who appeared during the automatic-weapon robberies in 1997, compared with the isolated Albanians, not refugees but fugitives, they became their image and this would be liked. But in this case we are not dealing with this stereotype. Apart from the fact that the arrested are Albanians, there was nothing in common with the usual case of the Albanian refugee in shorts and white socks caught at the border while crossing the mountain. On the contrary, the reports of the Greek newspapers and television on Saturday had built the whole sensation around the staggering scale of this affair. But the shipment came by plane, involved people dressed in suits and ties, police officers and soldiers with ranks, among them names and businesses, including an American woman. If this gang was drawing even more attention, it was because it was dramatically proving what a product of hatred the Albanian war of 1997 had been, under the shadow of chaos and corruption, with a network of arms and people smuggling across borders. At least as was said, it concerned an activity of broad proportions extending from Albania to Greece and beyond. The Greek police announced the arrest of 5 citizens, including two Albanians and an American woman, as well as the discovery of a large quantity of weapons. There was talk of 5 tons of ammunition and 50 thousand bullets, 67 Kalashnikovs, 50 pistols, radios and bulletproof vests. The operation was presented as the biggest blow against such a gang. Investigations begin into the events in Vorio “The crimes chief was set up.” Investigations begin into the tragic event in Vorio. Polit had prepared their execution. Someone had called by phone and the execution; someone had been on the spot and had made benefits [?]
A police officer, who like many others has been at the center of the gangs during the month of December