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Italian-led investigation busts ethnic Albanian crime gang

by Associated Press
| September 17, 2020 2:27 AM

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A meticulously coordinated police operation in 10 countries has smashed an ethnic Albanian-organized crime syndicate that smuggled cocaine from South America into Europe and led to the arrest of 20 suspects, the EU's police agency announced Thursday.

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