Italian Prosecutor Raises Concern About Marijuana Traffic From Albania
Italy’s top organized crime prosecutor expressed concern about increased cannabis traffic from Albania while meeting with justice officials in the Balkan nation Thursday. Saying marijuana shipments from Albania had increased threefold since this time last year, Franco Roberti called the influx a result of expanding cannabis growth on the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea and said that sales of the illicit drug were linked to financing Islamist extremism. Addressing journalists after a news conference that unveiled Albania’s nationwide operation to prevent the planting of cannabis, Roberti called his findings “more than a mere investigative hypothesis.” “We are convinced, based …