TIRANA, Feb. 13 – Albanian authorities arrested Aldo Ymeraj this week — a 25 year old man from Fier who was known online as “the Cuban” and who allegedly belonged to an international cyber crime organization accused by U.S. authorities
TIRANA, Jan. 23 – Many Tirana residents, mostly students, joined a protest march to honor Ariela Murati, a young woman who was shot dead on Sunday after rejecting the advances of a former classmate. Holding wreaths, candles and pictures of
TIRANA, Jan. 16 – Oliver Ivanovic, a top Kosovo Serb politician, was shot dead Tuesday morning outside his party headquarters in northern of part of Mitrovica. Several bullets were fired at Ivanovic from a moving vehicle, according to chief prosecutor
TIRANA, Jan. 15 – An explosion at Shkodra’s Partizani neighborhood injured eight people on Saturday, including Lulzim Kulla, 42, who police see as the likely target due to his criminal past. Kulla was heavily wounded and sent to hospital and
TIRANA, Sept 20 – Authorities have seized a sailing boat with one ton of cannabis on board off the shore of Darezeze Beach in central Fier County. A joint operation of the Albanian and Italian law enforcements led to the
Investigators believe explosives were used to send a message to law enforcement and cause panic after two blasts and attempted attacks this week. TIRANA, Feb. 12 – Authorities are on the hunt for suspects following the use of small amounts
TIRANA, Feb. 2, 2015 – Authorities are investigating how an Albanian military helicopter pilot was recruited into drug trafficking, after he died last week when the rented helicopter he was flying while on leave crashed in Spain, as it was trying to
TIRANA, Feb. 3 – The international community on Tuesday urged Albania to pay considerable attention to the development of the forensic science for police in an effort to help its fight against organized crime. Robert Wilton of the OSCE Presence
BULQIZE, Feb. 3 – The story that three Chinese held up at gunpoint on a rural road in northwestern Albania used their marital arts skills to overpower three would-be armed robbers was made up, according to a local journalist in
The Albanian General Prosecution Office and the Italian Anti-Mafia Directorate have decided to establish Joint Investigation Teams, a structure of which has a history of success in European Union countries ROME, Jan. 28 – Albanian and Italian prosecutors have started
