Twelve people were arrested, including two brothers who are at the head of the organization / They received large quantities of cocaine from Ecuador to distribute it in northern Italy and other European countries / They traveled regularly to Colombia and Dubai to conclude transactions
Brescia Police officers, coordinated by the anti-crime team of the Central Directorate of Italy, in collaboration with the Albanian police and the Spanish National Police, made 12 arrests and eight other arrests against a group of people accused of transnational crimes. We are talking about members of an association dedicated to cocaine trafficking, led by the Sela clan of Albasan, considered one of the most dangerous of the Albanian mafia. Members of cells of this nationality have been arrested twice in recent weeks in Galicia, first in Vigo and then in Vilanova de Arousa.
The investigation began in the second half of 2020 after the discovery of an active drug trafficking activity in some leisure venues on Lago di Garda and the identification of the supplier of cocaine sold to customers at night.
From this fact, the investigators reconstructed the organizational structure of an Italian-Albanian criminal group that imported large quantities of drugs from South America and arrived in Italy in articulated vehicles that transported them to Central Europe. An important conclusion during the investigations was reached in 2021, when one of the suspects was arrested for possession of 350 kilograms of cocaine.
The association was led by two brothers belonging to one of the most dangerous Albanian gangs, the Sela clan from Elbasan (Albania), who led the operations of importing and trafficking the drug and collecting the profits that were sent to Albania with the help of bus drivers who operated the substance. Brescia-Elbasan route.
The two traveled daily to Colombia, Ecuador and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to make deals with drug suppliers. Members of the International Police Cooperation Service, the Office of the Security Expert in Tirana and the Central Directorate of the Anti-Narcotics Services participated, and in the final phase of the operation also interpol, the Security Expert in Madrid and the National Police of Spain. in the investigations.
Brescia Police officers, coordinated by the anti-crime team of the Central Directorate of Italy, in collaboration with the Albanian police and the Spanish National Police, made 12 arrests and eight other arrests against a group of people accused of transnational crimes. We are talking about members of an association dedicated to cocaine trafficking, led by the Sela clan of Albasan, considered one of the most dangerous of the Albanian mafia. Members of cells of this nationality have been arrested twice in recent weeks in Galicia, first in Vigo and then in Vilanova de Arousa.
The investigation began in the second half of 2020 after the discovery of an active drug trafficking activity in some leisure venues on Lago di Garda and the identification of the supplier of cocaine sold to customers at night.
From this fact, the investigators reconstructed the organizational structure of an Italian-Albanian criminal group that imported large quantities of drugs from South America and arrived in Italy in articulated vehicles that transported them to Central Europe. An important conclusion during the investigations was reached in 2021, when one of the suspects was arrested for possession of 350 kilograms of cocaine.
The association was led by two brothers belonging to one of the most dangerous Albanian gangs, the Sela clan from Elbasan (Albania), who led the operations of importing and trafficking the drug and collecting the profits that were sent to Albania with the help of bus drivers who operated the substance. Brescia-Elbasan route.
The two traveled daily to Colombia, Ecuador and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to make deals with drug suppliers. Members of the International Police Cooperation Service, the Office of the Security Expert in Tirana and the Central Directorate of the Anti-Narcotics Services participated, and in the final phase of the operation also interpol, the Security Expert in Madrid and the National Police of Spain. in the investigations.