09/01/1999
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Zëri i Popullit

9 January 1999

BANO GJAKU IS KILLED IN DURRËS

Police: Female-trafficking bosses are eliminating one another Female trafficking, insurgent TIRANA - A citizen was arrested on Friday in Tirana for the murder of the insurgent mafia figure from March 1997, Bano Gjaku, who was killed in a bar near the Tirana River on Sunday. The name, from the amateur prefix, also known by the nickname, as Fatmir Lumshi, 52 years old, name in [appears?] was part of the [killed?]. At least one [person?] has been arrested so far by the Tirana police. A work that [is?] its forces, a work that was [masked?] by Kodra and Lumshi, [blessed?] in cooperation with [some?] [people?] for [successful?] murder, [for?] profit with [enemy?] [when?] [who?] [picks?] in [beating?] with [wall?] [speedboat?]. For the same [motive?] [happened?] in [dër?] [profit?] in [Luzes?] [Roko?] and [room?], evidence [from?] [given?]. According to the same source, [yesterday?] [themselves?] [stopped?] on the road [of Durrës?] among [female?] [trafficking?] [of?] the [March?] [insurgency?]. The arrested person [is?] [let?] [put?] [murderer?] [and?] [today?] [under?] [investigation?] by the court of Durrës. 21 hours earlier in the bar on Mihallaq Kepi Street, after testimony and the inspection of the scene where the body of the victim Bano Gjaku had been hit by bursts of automatic fire, while the police had not intervened. Gjaku, with a criminal background, remained one of the most mysterious figures in the deadly clashes, the hallmark of the March events, especially in Durrës. He was suspected of being involved in trafficking in women and weapons, although there had never been any official clarification about his activities. In March 1997 the name of Bano Gjaku had become a symbol in Durrës, especially during the clashes between rival gangs. 9 I OVI Durrës - The murdered body lies covered and the prefect’s police

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