The Italian Central Directorate for the Anti-Drugs Services (DCSA) has published the report on drugs traffic for 2016.

According to the Italian media, the report underlines a significant increase in the marijuana traffic between Albania and Italy. 41.6 tons of marijuana was seized by the Italian police last year, nearly 347.15% more compared to 2015.

The biggest part was sent aboard dinghy boats from the region of Vlora and also aboard vehicles entering Italy through ferry boats from the harbor of Durrës.

The data of DCSA speak of cooperation among groups of organized crime from both countries, which exploit the favorable position of the region, which is an important hub of the Mediterranean routes, where the traffic has concentrated recently. The report also shows that Italy is among biggest consumers of marijuana in Europe, coming directly from France, with nearly 19% of the age group of 19-34.

Albanians have the exclusivity of the traffic from the Balkans to Italy, becoming the bosses of the Otranto Channel.