{"id":30873,"date":"2022-02-03T19:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30873"},"modified":"2022-02-03T19:47:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:47:54","slug":"inmates-ordering-hits-drugs-and-escorts-what-is-going-on-in-our-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/inmates-ordering-hits-drugs-and-escorts-what-is-going-on-in-our-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Inmates ordering hits, drugs and escorts, what is going on in our prisons?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The police are running an investigation on recent hits that might\u2019ve allegedly been ordered by inmates serving their time in the prisons of Elbasan, Peqin and Drenava. The news was confirmed by the district chief of police in Elbasan Ardian Cipa, during an interview on Euronews Albania. What is really going on in our prisons?<\/p>\n<p>Cipa was asked about the police operation that took place 2 days ago, resulting in the arrest of over 20 suspects, including existing and former high prison officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are considering several leads, based on suspicions that inmates could be influencing some of the most serious crime stories,\u201d \u2013 said Cipa.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he explained that this investigation was first launched into a drug trafficking case but evidence led law enforcement to deconstruct a more complicated illegal network that was taking place in our prisons.<\/p>\n<p>This 6-month-investigation conducted by the Elbasan District Police discovered a series of violations taking place in the prisons of Elbasan, Peqin and Drenove, including supplying inmates with illegal drugs, alcohol as well as enabling betting and gambling events within prison quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a sex worker has been reported to have been going in and out of the prison premises, hiding her identity and posing as a family member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/23\/vat-fraud-and-money-laundering-prosecution-seeks-20-years-prison-sentence-for-francesco-becchetti\/\">VAT fraud and money laundering, Prosecution seeks 20-years prison sentence for Francesco Becchetti<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/11\/sp-to-vote-against-the-inquiry-commission-on-becchetti-trial\/\">SP to vote against the Inquiry Commission on \u2018Becchetti\u2019 trial<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/12\/16\/denmark-rents-300-prison-cells-and-sends-inmates-off-to-kosovo\/\">Denmark rents 300 prison cells and sends inmates off to Kosovo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police are running an investigation on recent hits that might\u2019ve allegedly been ordered by inmates serving their time in the prisons of Elbasan, Peqin and Drenava. The news was confirmed by the district chief of police in Elbasan Ardian Cipa, during an interview on Euronews Albania. What is really going on in our prisons? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":27552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Inmates ordering hits, drugs and escorts, what is going on in our prisons? - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/inmates-ordering-hits-drugs-and-escorts-what-is-going-on-in-our-prisons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inmates ordering hits, drugs and escorts, what is going on in our prisons? - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The police are running an investigation on recent hits that might\u2019ve allegedly been ordered by inmates serving their time in the prisons of Elbasan, Peqin and Drenava. 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