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Kosovo Police Officers Arrested in Crackdown on Illegal Casinos
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At least 10 police officers have been arrested in Kosovo during a large-scale operation to close down illegal casinos.
Police said it was the biggest operation of its kind ever carried out in Kosovo and followed a year-long investigation. Twelve illegal casinos were demolished and gambling machines seized
Jetish Maloku, chief prosecutor for the eastern district of Gjilan, said that police had arrested at least 35 people on suspicion of illegal gambling, prostitution, and trafficking people, guns and drugs.
At least 10 of those were border police who were alleged to have facilitated illegal cross-border activity.
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