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The international cocaine organization, who are the Albanian brothers who ran it

Politiko 2024-11-08 12:55:19

The international cocaine organization, who are the Albanian brothers who ran it

An international cocaine trafficking organization from Ecuador and Colombia has been destroyed after a 3-year investigation by the Italian anti-mafia in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies in Albania.

 Over 2 tons of cocaine, 45 kg of hash and 20 kg of marijuana were seized during the investigation of this organization, while on November 5 of this year, the police started executing 30 arrest warrants for Albanian, Italian, Romanian, etc. citizens.

In Albania, by order of SPAK, Juljan Kollcaku from Kavaja and Maksim Ndoci from Puka were arrested. The Italian media have revealed today the names of 3 other Albanians, arrested in Italy, including the leaders of the group. It is about the brothers Albert Turja, 44, and Roland Turja, 38, and the other citizen, Everest Luku.

Albert Turja, the 44-year-old Albanian, is the one who, according to the prosecutors responsible for the investigation, Luca Tescaroli and Leopoldo De Gregorio, managed the intervention teams at the port of Livorno. He is the owner, together with his wife, of a B&B in via Martelli, Duomo area. But it doesn't end there. According to investigative sources, there may be other accommodation facilities or restaurants attributed to the Albanian suspects, which may reveal a wider money laundering channel. Another "garrison" in the city was the company of cousins ​​of one of the suspects, also of Albanian origin. His name comes up during the reconstruction of an episode of recovering a load of 400 kilograms of cocaine.

More acute, however, is the role of another suspect, Everest Luku, who, according to the prosecution, would have had "significant connections within the police authorities", which had allowed him to know about the imminent execution of a restrictive measure. towards other Albanians. It was the year 2020 and the operation that Luku was "waiting for" was the one called "Los Blancos".

A major investigation by the Via Zara flight team, which brought to light the organization headed by Albanian trafficker Dritan Rexhepi, in business with Ecuadorian and Colombian clans. At that moment, Luku "had already taken steps to inform both the sons and those of his businessman".

But this time the other Lukes had no escape. The investigations produced 30 security measures, 23 prison terms, 6 house arrests, and one signature.

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