Ecuador court sentences eight in Albanian mafia scheme

QUITO, Jan 31 – An Ecuadorean anti-corruption court sentenced eight people to over 17 years in prison and sanctioned three companies for their role in a money laundering scheme linked to the Albanian mafia, the prosecutor’s office in the Andean country said on Friday.

The convicted people were part of a network that sent drugs from Ecuador to Europe using registered companies to launder assets worth $43.4 million, according to the prosecutor’s office.

REUTERS