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SCANDAL with toxic waste from 'Kurum' in Durrës Hospital, attempts are being made to manipulate the tests!

2025-01-10 09:49:53Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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Hazardous waste from the "Kurum" company has been placed in Durrës Hospital for several months and there is still no answer as to whether or not it is toxic.

In the show "The Unexposed" on MCN TV, journalists stated that the waste is suspected of being dangerous and that attempts are being made to manipulate the analyses so that some of it appears to be non-toxic, and if it does, the blame will be placed on the laboratory in Croatia that conducted the analyses, while everything is being done to forget the issue.

"On August 5, 2023, a report from Basel Action, a US-based organization, reported on Bloomberg that a ship with 102 containers of hazardous materials had left Albania for Thailand. Several media outlets in Albania published it. After a few months, the ship returned and remained in the dock even though there was a decision by the prosecutor's office to seize the waste. The waste is suspected of being dangerous and there are suspicions that attempts are being made to manipulate the analyses so that some of it is found to be non-toxic and if it is found to be, the blame will be placed on the laboratory in Croatia that conducted the analyses. Everything is being done to forget the issue. Here we must not forget how the cargo was loaded in the port of Durres in open terrain, but we are in Albania, otherwise it would be a big issue and citizens would demand compensation," said Xama.  

But how did the signaling of ships with industrial waste come about?

According to official documents reviewed by AFP, the containers were filled with waste materials that were set to be processed and destroyed off the coast of Europe.

The material stored in the 102 containers originated from the Turkish-owned Kurum International steel plant in Elbasan, Albania.

The waste was initially purchased by the Albanian company Sokolaj, which then sold the material to its Croatian subsidiary, GS Minerals, with the cargo to be unloaded in Thailand for processing.

According to documents seen by AFP, Sokolaj labeled the waste as "iron oxide," a substance that is not prohibited for shipment or considered hazardous.

An analysis of the substance in the containers was conducted by a Croatian laboratory based in Zagreb, according to Sokolaj.

When contacted by AFP, the laboratory declined to comment, saying "information can only be given to customers."

Sokolaj himself has not responded to questions about what is in the containers. The company and its Croatian subsidiary both declined AFP's requests for comment.

A whistleblower had called the Basel network to report that the containers were not only containing iron oxide, but also toxic waste.

BAN (Basel Action Network) asked Maersk to stop the ships when they were near the coast of South Africa.

The ships did not respond and turned off their transponders as they sailed to Singapore, according to BAN. BAN then notified Thai authorities, who refused to allow the containers to enter.

At the end of August, the 102 containers aboard two ships departed for Europe and arrived in Albania at the end of September, more precisely on the 28th.

Since the alert was raised, prosecutors in Albania have opened an investigation into the incident in cooperation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and international partners.

Now the Durrës Prosecutor's Office is verifying the complete documentation and the perpetrators of the serious violation.

Likewise, investigators in Albania have also taken samples from the chimneys of the "Kurum" factory to later compare them with the samples that will be taken from the containers.


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