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"Cocaine kingpin"/ Internationally wanted, Ervin Mata arrested in Brazil
2026-04-27 20:28:13 / AKTUALITET
Ervin Mata, declared internationally wanted by Albanian authorities, has been arrested in Brazil .
The Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, in 2023, assigned this citizen the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offenses "Trafficking in narcotics", committed within the framework of a structured criminal group, and "Committing criminal offenses by a criminal organization and a structured criminal group".
In 2023, during a proceeding registered by SPAK, investigations were conducted, in cooperation with EUROJUST, EUROPOL and Belgian, French, Dutch, German, Brazilian and Colombian law enforcement agencies, regarding several Albanian citizens involved in criminal activities in Albania, South America and several European countries.
Investigations have also been conducted in relation to several previous criminal events that occurred in Albania.
Within the framework of this proceeding, citizen Ervin Mata is suspected of having coordinated his associates to traffic 240 kg of the narcotic substance Cocaine on 29.09.2020.
The 39-year-old was arrested in the town of Ilha Bela, and was using forged English identification documents.
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