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Laundering cocaine money through construction companies in Tirana and the coast was the next discovery by SPAK that led to the request to send 15 people to prison and 5 others to house arrest, among them businessmen. Only 4 people were arrested in Friday’s operation, including construction businessman Ilir Shtufi, who was captured in Greece. … Read more
Sweden’s armed forces sent fighter jets on two occasions to identify and monitor Russian military aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea, according to local media. The Swedish Air Force launched two missions involving JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets after detecting Russian aircraft near Swedish airspace in the northern and southern Baltic Seas. Hanna Heurlin, a … Read more
SPAK’s crackdown on a group suspected of international cocaine trafficking and money laundering has brought to the surface another investigative lead: suspected negotiations for a construction project in Palasa, where the name of businessman Samir Mane is also mentioned in the managed communications. At the center of the investigative file are Alfredo Hamzai and Luçiano … Read more
Finding the body of Eglant Koç, the 34-year-old who disappeared on July 4, is considered one of the top priority issues for the Tirana Police. During the presentation of police work for the month of May, Tirana’s police chief, Oliger Torba, said that searches are focused on the outskirts of Tirana and that forces from … Read more
The Transparency Board has changed the price of oil and gasoline again. The price of diesel has decreased by 5 lek, while gasoline has decreased by 1 lek. The new prices will take effect from 2:00 p.m. Press Release The Transparency Board on June 13, 2026, at its next meeting, decided: The retail price of … Read more
As the country is engulfed in massive protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, below we bring you a glimpse of what his former associates, with whom he shared common paths in politics, think. The historic leader of the Socialist Party, the late Fatos Nano, has described Rama as a wealthy freemason who … Read more
The Directorate of Prisons has denied the video published by journalist Artan Hoxha, which claimed that it was about a luxuriously furnished cell in Peqin Prison, with a television, cooking space, quality furniture and decorative works that resemble more an apartment than a prison. The prisons state that, after the findings, no such environment existed … Read more
SPAK, in cooperation with the State Police, have conducted a large-scale operation to crack down on a criminal group suspected of drug trafficking and money laundering in large amounts. During the operation, 20 security measures were issued, among whom was Orest Sota, while for businessmen Artur Shehu and Ilir Shtufi, suspected of money laundering for … Read more
Albanian cocaine traffickers and Tirana tower builders who laundered their money, according to the SPAK indictment revealed this Friday, June 12, 2026, had also set their sights on the land near the “National Arena” stadium, known as the Bicycle School. Newsbomb.al exclusively reveals details from the Special Prosecution’s file, which documents for the first time … Read more
Alfredo Hamazi and Luçiano Koçeku (alias Artur Koçeku) are the two ‘heads’ of the criminal groups targeted by SPAK and involved in drug trafficking and money laundering. From the investigative file that VNA has, it results that Koçeku and Hamzai have a strong interaction, helping each other in cocaine trafficking, money laundering and for labor … Read more