{"id":20681,"date":"2021-09-21T17:43:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=20681"},"modified":"2021-09-21T17:44:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T15:44:52","slug":"officer-investigating-police-misconduct-sacked-following-german-authorities-drug-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/officer-investigating-police-misconduct-sacked-following-german-authorities-drug-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Officer investigating police misconduct sacked following German authorities drug probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Albania, he was investigating police officers suspected of various misconducts, while he was personally under the radar of German authorities for being involved in narcotrafficking. This is the story of one of the specialists employed near the Internal Affairs and Complaints Services, known locally as SH\u00c7BA, who was discharged from office a few days ago.<\/p>\n<p>The expert, known only by his initials S.M, was discharged after German police confirmed that he was being investigated for his involvement in a drug ring.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, German authorities have also released a warrant. 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