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Interior Minister Taulant Balla held a meeting this Monday with the Secretary General of Interpol, Jürgen Stock in Lyon, France. He declared that the time has come to pave the way for the extradition of crime bosses from Dubai and Latin America.
Therefore, Balla emphasized that we must put an end to the impunity of crime. During the meeting with Stock, Balla expressed his appreciation for the excellent cooperation between Interpol and our police structures and the will of the Albanian government to further strengthen cooperation with this organization in the fight against organized crime.
“Albania has a long history of cooperation with Interpol, starting from 1991, this cooperation has grown and strengthened over the years in parallel with the need to efficiently respond to the global threats that our society faces such as terrorism, organized crime , corruption, drug trafficking.
Criminal networks are able to traffic to Albania, but also from Albania to Europe, and different quantities and types of drugs, including cannabis, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
And as international borders become more and more permeable, access to and abuse of drugs have become more and more widespread, especially among young people. Drug trafficking is often associated with other forms of crime, such as money laundering or corruption.
Trafficking routes can also be used by criminal networks to transport other illicit products. And as criminals find increasingly creative ways to hide the proceeds of crime and evade justice, real-time information sharing with Interpol on fugitives is essential to tracking, locating and prosecuting individuals and criminal groups. In the meeting I held with the Secretary General of Interpol, I had the opportunity to express to him my appreciation for the excellent cooperation between Interpol and our police structures and the will / determination of the Albanian government to further strengthen cooperation with this organization in the fight against crime organized and drug trafficking.
The impressive results achieved to date as a result of cooperation with Interpol, for locating and arresting some of the most wanted persons by justice, will be further deepened in the future thanks to the multilateral cooperation platforms made possible by this organization with all places where traffickers and criminal groups are sheltered. With Interpol’s support, we also aim to increase State Police capacity to prevent, detect, investigate and crack down on cybercrime, which has a massive economic and social impact on governments, businesses and individuals around the world”, said Balla.
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