Bangladesh, Nov. 28 -- A sweeping five-year transnational investigation has dismantled a major cocaine-trafficking network operating between Albania and Italy, culminating in the arrest of 24 suspects and the seizure of millions of euros in criminal proceeds. Eurojust, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, announced on November 27 that coordinated law-enforcement operations across Italy, Albania, France and Switzerland had brought down what investigators describe as one of the most structured and resilient drug-smuggling networks active in Europe.

Authorities say the group is suspected of trafficking more than 1,300 kilograms of cocaine from South America to Italy, using northern European ports and extensive logisti...