US EditionAlbania Arrests 20 for Toxic Waste Trafficking
Authorities arrested 20 suspects including customs and environment agency staff in a probe into smuggling toxic steelmaking waste disguised as iron oxide, officials said.
- Albanian police arrested 20 people over their role in toxic-waste trafficking from the country to Thailand.
- The arrests come more than a year after investigations were opened into over 100 containers of hazardous waste allegedly from a steel mill.
- An environmental group said the cargo had contained toxic byproducts of steelmaking, contradicting customs documents saying it was iron oxide.
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The Albanian police took 20 persons for involvement in the smuggling of toxic waste from the Balkan country to Thailand, reported the corporation this Thursday. Prisons took place more than a year after the promotion of the port city of Durrès had opened investigations about more than 100 dangerous waste containers, which were apparently from a Turkish-owned steel plant in Elbasan. A death and 1.
The waste left Albania in July 2024, in more than 100 containers, bound for Thailand.
From the Balkans to Thailand: Albania arrests 20 for toxic waste trafficking
The Albanian prosecutor's office on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for 33 people suspected of involvement in the trafficking of toxic waste, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office said. TASR reports this according to a report by the AFP agency.
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