{"id":80461,"date":"2025-09-26T17:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=80461"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:05:45","slug":"vanhorn-meets-minister-kociu-focus-on-dismantling-illegal-financial-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vanhorn-meets-minister-kociu-focus-on-dismantling-illegal-financial-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"VanHorn Meets Minister Ko\u00e7iu, Focus on Dismantling Illegal Financial Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"283\">The U.S. Embassy in Tirana has shared several photos from the meeting between Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Nancy VanHorn and Albania\u2019s new Minister of Interior, Albana Ko\u00e7iu.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"418\">Through this meeting, the Embassy emphasized the cooperation between Albania and the United States in dismantling criminal cartels.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"884\">\u201cToday, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Nancy VanHorn reiterated President Trump\u2019s clear commitment to eliminating international cartels and criminal groups during her first meeting with the new Minister of Interior, Albana Ko\u00e7iu. By working together, the law enforcement forces of the United States and Albania can dismantle illegal financial networks and deny safe haven to drug traffickers and terrorists, making both our countries safer,\u201d wrote the U.S. Embassy in Tirana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Embassy in Tirana has shared several photos from the meeting between Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Nancy VanHorn and Albania\u2019s new Minister of Interior, Albana Ko\u00e7iu. 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