Crime rate declined in 2014, police chief says

Police say work showing good results, making country safer TIRANA, Jan 27 – Albanian police achieved better results in 2014 than in previous years, according to the country’s top police official. State Police Chief Artan Didi said police had met

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Attempted assassination of prison warden brings back trend of TNT targeted violence

DURRES, Jan. 22 – A prison warden was wounded when a small amount of TNT was remotely detonated as he drove in a limited-access road inside the Durres seaport on Jan 19. The attack and two similar others in the

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Cocaine gang denied bail

TIRANA, Jan. 20 – A Tirana court has denied bail to members of a suspected criminal syndicate accused of moving and processing cocaine from Latin America to Germany via Albania. Last week, police busted a major drug lab in Elbasan,

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Kosovars arrested trying to get Albanian passports under fake names

Belgian official tells Albanian seeking asylum is a futile enterprise TIRANA, Jan. 21 – Police said they had arrested three ethnic Albanians from Kosovo who had applied for Albanian passports using fake identities. Citizens of Albania have been freely travelling

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Greater police cooperation with Italy

TIRANA, Jan. 19 – Artan Didi, Albania’s police head, met with his Italian counterpart Fulvio Della Rocca Monday to discuss intensifying bilateral cooperation in the fight against organized crime. They also discussed joint operations held so far and other work

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Police bust major drugs network

Police bust major drugs network

ELBASAN, Jan. 15 – Police have busted a large cocaine processing facility in rural central Albania, seizing large amounts of the drug and leading to the arrest of eleven people — including two Colombians working in the lab and the

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Countrywide operation nets wanted criminals

TIRANA, Jan. 10 – Police have conducted a large scale operation across the country looking for people wanted on a series of crimes. Heavy police presence was seen in Tirana’s streets, stopping and checking cars, as well as on national

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Police list 2014 successes in fighting crime, drug traffic

TIRANA, Jan. 7 – Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri made a presentation Tuesday to introduce what he called successes of the police and law-enforcement authorities in the fight against crime and drug traffic in 2014. The fight against drug traffic topped

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