Boat Operator: Cannabis Fields and Albanian Authorities

boat operator: The boat operator, dressed in orange jumpsuit, shrugs and complies, according to The Independent. Two more guys emerge from the hold. Sirens on, the joint Italian-Albanian coast guard zodiacs precariously sidle up alongside, demanding to be let aboard to search the boat's interior for contraband. Once, finding drugs bound for the rest of the Europe inside the boats trawling the sea was simple just look for the huge bales of cannabis stashed in the cargo hold. Instead, it only convinced the traffickers to graduate into a more lucrative and deadly game. But several years ago, the Albanian authorities launched an aggressive eradication effort in the countryside of the small, poor Balkan state, hoping that destroying the cannabis fields and arresting some of the growers would decrease the power of the traffickers, rid the country of its pariah status, and help ease its entry into the European Union. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.