EXCLUSIVE THE UNTUCHABLE THE OLD BOSS WHO RUNS THE DRUG TRADE WITH THE “NDRANGHETA” FROM ALBANIA PHOTO TAKEN ON 10 DECEMBER 2016 during the Guardia di Finanza wiretap in which Indrit Buja is seen accompanying Salvatore Pititto when he leaves Calabria for Albania to meet the Old Boss PANNACI Massimo BUJA Indrit PITITTO Salvatore He is around 65 years old, was sentenced in Italy to 25 years in prison, but here he lives freely. The Italian boss who met him three times in 2016 showed him great respect: “He had a pistol in his belt, 18 mobile phones and 9 tons of ready marijuana”. Yet despite requests from the Guardia di Finanza, the Albanian police did nothing to identify him THE BOSS’S NEPHEW, A GUEST OF TRAFFICKERS IN ITALY, COLLECTED THE DRUG MONEY Indrit Buja, 35 years old, is now wanted by the Calabria Anti-Mafia Prosecutor’s Office. In the operation, 25 people were arrested, including two other Albanians. From September to December 2016, 5 tons of marijuana were trafficked to Italy. Only the old boss remains unidentified ▸ PAGES 2-3

VETTING CHANGES The 66 amendments by the MPs are revealed; here is how much cash police officers, the guard, the SHÇBA and their relatives must keep at home ADRIATIK DOÇI ▸ PAGE 7

INTERVIEW ▸ PAGES 8-9 KUDRET ÇELA: IMAM’S FIGHT FOR THE SALE OF THE NAVAL BASE Former Naval Force commander: Mëcollari was part of Berisha’s negotiating team in 2012, the accusations against him are fabrications, I was removed after opposing the sale of the Bisht-Pallës naval base

ANALYSIS BY BAJRAM PEÇI ▸ PAGE 14

ARCHAEOLOGY SPEAKS ▸ PAGE 12

DRUGS FROM COLOMBIA The court keeps the administrator and the driver in prison. The owner’s father: My son has nothing to do with it ▸ PAGE 4

OPINION BY EVIS CERGA ▸ PAGE 13

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