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Is Greece loosing battle against Albanian herbs plunderers?

Groups of Albanian herb-pickers illegally enter North Greece and plunder vast quantities of herbs which they carry back home on mules and sell them for a tidy profit in European markets. They cause not only damage to the local economy but also to the eco-system. After seeing its best minds …

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Greek Police arrests two men for illegal harvesting of herbs on the mountains

Greek police say they have arrested two Albanian men in a border region for allegedly illegally harvesting herbs growing wild on the mountainside. A police statement Tuesday said the men aged 20 and 22 had gathered 16 kilos of ironwort, (Sideritis or mountain tea), a herb used for a traditional …

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