{"id":36682,"date":"2022-05-19T14:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T12:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=36682"},"modified":"2022-05-19T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T12:12:05","slug":"8-criminal-gangs-operate-across-3-cities-18-suspects-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/8-criminal-gangs-operate-across-3-cities-18-suspects-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"18 arrested from 8 organized crime groups, says SPAK chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPAK issued 32 arrest warrants on Thursday following a massive raid across three major Albanian cities.<\/p>\n<p>SPAK chief Arben Kraja confirmed that 18 suspects were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>He said the criminal gangs mainly operated in Tirana, Durres, and Elbasan and were willing to pay large sums of money to have their opponents killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a total of 8 organized crime groups, 4 were operating in Elbasan, 1 in Durres, and 1 in Tirana. They are willing to commit criminal offenses and pay large sums to kill people who they refer to as their opponents\u201d, said Kraja.<\/p>\n<p>A police officer identified as Leonard Palushi was among the arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The chief of police Gledis Nano said more arrests were expected to follow in the upcoming days.<\/p>\n<p>Nano expressed his determination to clean up the institution from police officers collaborating with criminals and urged law enforcement agencies to probe into police officers involved in criminal activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPAK issued 32 arrest warrants on Thursday following a massive raid across three major Albanian cities. SPAK chief Arben Kraja confirmed that 18 suspects were arrested. 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