Europol dismantles a major Albanian crime network, arresting 10 and seizing millions in assets linked to cocaine trafficking and ML through luxury properties and businesses

Albanian authorities, with support from Europol and multiple EU law enforcement agencies, dismantled a transnational organised crime group involved in large-scale cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Europe and extensive money laundering. The operation, enabled by analysis of encrypted Sky ECC communications, resulted in 10 arrests and the seizure of millions of euros in criminal assets, including a tourist resort, high-value real estate, vehicles, and business interests linked to the network’s leadership…