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Lazarat () is a village and a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Gjirokastër.〔(Law nr. 115/2014 )〕 The population at the 2011 census was 2,801.〔(2011 census results )〕 The municipality consists of the villages Lazarat and Kordhocë,〔(Greece – Albania Neighbourhood Programme )〕 both inhabited by Muslim Albanians.〔Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "''. University of Athens. p. 51. "AM Αλβανοί Μουσουλμάνοι" p.56. "LAZARATI ΛΑΖΑΡΑΤΉ 2909 ΑΜ; KORDHOCE ΚΟΡΔΟΣΙ ΑΜ"〕 Lazarat is a town just outside of Gjirokastër, situated on a mountain slope . Lazarat has become known as the cannabis capital of Albania, and now, Europe. However, in June 2014, the Albanian government cracked down and destroyed the local production and transit of the drug. ==Political Articulation== The town produces 900 tonnes of cannabis annually, worth €4.5bn, equivalent to around half of Albania's gross domestic product.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Albanian police battle cannabis growers in Lazarat )〕 Since the Albanian Government's attempts to stop the illegal cultivation of cannabis, there has been a growing number of activists from around the region demanding a special status for the small commune.The activists demand the right to legalize production and selling of cannabis inside municipality borders. The Albanian government has rejected the demand and has declared an all out "war on drugs" to anyone involved in the illegal activity that spawns criminal groups. 〔(Albanian Village Europe's Weed Capital ), Carbonated TV〕 In June 2014, Albanian police launched a major operation against the village, involving over 800 officers.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Albanian cannabis growers and 800 police battle in lawless village of Lazarat )〕 Heavily armed locals shot RPGs and fired mortar rounds at the officers, who returned fire. Police took control of most of the village, with Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri saying the operation would continue until "every square centimetre in Lazarat is under state control". Smoke rose from the village as locals burned cannabis plants.〔 In June 2015 a group of criminals shot and killed Ibrahim Basha, an Albanian NATO special forces soldier. Basha had served 5 tours in the middle east for NATO. The criminal group had set traps to provoke and induce retaliation with police forces due to the stringent actions the police has taken against the illegal drug activities that take place in the mountainous village. After the murder, the police responded quickly by deploying RENEA special forces and the army to surround the village and arrest the suspects. On June 27th, 2015 all alleged suspects were detained and jailed. The village is under constant surveillance by the military forces as the military operations has caused a halt to cannabis distribution all across Europe, including Amsterdam. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lazarat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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