Italian and Albanian authorities have launched a major joint operation targeting organized crime networks allegedly involved in money laundering, drug trafficking, and cross-border criminal activities.
The operation, supported by Eurojust, is part of an ongoing international effort to dismantle criminal organizations operating between Albania and Italy. Investigators are focusing on financial transactions, suspected laundering schemes, and links to large-scale narcotics trafficking networks.
According to Eurojust, coordinated action days involving Albanian and Italian authorities have previously resulted in dozens of arrests, asset seizures worth millions of euros, and the dismantling of several interconnected criminal groups operating across Europe.
The latest operation reportedly involves cooperation between prosecutors, anti-mafia investigators, and financial crime units in both countries. Authorities are continuing raids, interrogations, and evidence collection as investigations expand into suspected money laundering channels and organized criminal structures.
Albania has increasingly intensified cooperation with European agencies such as Eurojust and SPAK in efforts to combat transnational organized crime, corruption, and illicit financial activities