A report by RIEAS (Research Institute for European and American Studies) said a “confidential police report reveals 42 Albanian criminal
organizations operate in Greece. It states “3,000 Albanian criminals are active in the transportation and distribution of cannabis and heroin, while 2,500 Albanians are arrested each year in Greece for robberies, thefts and burglaries.” Sources from the Citizen’s Protection Ministry “estimate that 3,000 Albanians who live in Greece (many legally) own AK-47 rifles and unknown quantities of ammunition.”
Serbianna reported in Sept. 2012 that Greek security services are taking a special interest in Albanian extremist groups in Greece, Albania, Kosovo and FYROM, considering them to a threat to social stability. The report stated that incidents involving Albanian smugglers and narcotics showed the ulterior motive of the crimes was to raise capital for Greater Albanian extremist nationalist purposes to annex Greek Epiros to Albania.
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