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Ecuador & U.S. DEA Dismantle Los Lobos-Albanian Drug Network in Major International Bust

Ecuador, DEA, and Europol seize $346 million worth of cocaine, arresting 16 people, including a former lawmaker, in a bust exposing the hidden pipeline connecting Ecuador’s gangs with Albanian crime networks

Ecuador & U.S. DEA Dismantle Los Lobos-Albanian Drug Network in Major International Bust
A large cocaine shipment seizure in Panama on September 16, 2020. Albanian drug trafficking organizations expand smuggling operations in South America to facilitate cocaine shipments destined for Europe. Credit: Bienvenido Velasco/EPA-EFE
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