Albania's Special Prosecution (SPAK), a court established to tackle organised crime and corruption) has issued 20 arrest warrants and seized assets worth over 100 million euros in a sweeping investigation into alleged cocaine trafficking and the laundering of proceeds through major real estate projects. At the centre of the case is Artur Shehu, a Florida-based Albanian national from the southern city of Vlora, who prosecutors allege coordinated drug logistics and Albanian property investments at international meetings — including a 2019 gathering in Aruba monitored by European law enforcement. Among the implicated developments are high-rise towers in Tirana and coastal land linked to a resort promoted by relatives of US President Donald Trump, though no wrongdoing is alleged against Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner or his company; the case has taken on added significance as construction at that same coastal site recently triggered nationwide anti-government protests in Albania.