10 people have been arrested and 2 others have been declared wanted as part of a joint operation between the State Police, Italian authorities and the Security Office at the Italian Embassy in Tirana.
According to the police, this criminal organization is accused of trafficking narcotics in Albania, Italy and Switzerland during the period 2020-2021.
The Florence court issued 12 arrest warrants, 10 of which were executed (9 in Italy and 1 in Albania), while 2 citizens were declared wanted.
In Fier, 41-year-old Edi Hoxha, also known as Edison Hoxha, suspected of being the organizer and coordinator of the criminal activity, was located and arrested. He was declared an international wanted person and is expected to be extradited to Italy.
" During this phase of the "Fingerprint" operation, the services of the Narcotics Investigation Directorate of the Criminal Police Department, in cooperation with the services of the Fier Local Police Directorate, located in Fier, captured and arrested with the aim of extradition to Italy, the Albanian citizen, declared internationally wanted, EH alias EH, 41 years old, born in the village of Portëz, Fier. The Court of Florence, with the decision of 2025, has assigned the security measure "Arrest in prison", for trafficking in narcotics, carried out within the framework of a criminal organization, an activity which is punishable by the Italian Criminal Code, with a maximum of 24 years of imprisonment. Citizen EH alias EH is accused of having coordinated the criminal activity of an organization implicated in the trafficking of narcotics Cocaine and Cannabis Sativa, in Albania, Italy and Switzerland, during the period 2020-2021 ", the police inform.