{"id":34078,"date":"2022-04-08T14:32:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T12:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34078"},"modified":"2022-04-08T14:32:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T12:32:49","slug":"dozens-of-customs-officers-arrested-at-albania-kosovo-border-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/dozens-of-customs-officers-arrested-at-albania-kosovo-border-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of customs officers arrested at Albania-Kosovo border crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of customs officers were arrested on Friday on both sides of the Albania\/Kosovo Vermica border crossing, in connection to various illegal activities, including accepting briberies.<\/p>\n<p>KosovaPress reported that at least 20 Kosovo officials were taken to custody during the operation titled \u201cPoint 2\u201d, in cooperation with the Kosovo Police Inspectorate and the Special Prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Albania\u2019s SPAK was also involved in the investigation and announced to have detained 17 border employees during the joint operation.<\/p>\n<p>The bust came after a one-year-long investigation after suspicions of illegal activities, including here accepting bribery, and abuse of the power delegated by the office, Kosovo Police announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/01\/27\/300-kilos-of-cannabis-allegedly-from-albania-busted-at-serbian-border\/\">300 kilos of cannabis allegedly from Albania busted at Serbian border<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/24\/citizens-clash-with-police-in-morine-against-tougher-restrictions\/\">Citizens clash with border police over new travel restrictions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/20\/19-000-illegal-emigrants-caught-trying-to-cross-the-border-in-albania-in-2021\/\">19,000 illegal immigrants caught trying to cross the border in 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of customs officers were arrested on Friday on both sides of the Albania\/Kosovo Vermica border crossing, in connection to various illegal activities, including accepting briberies. 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