Toxic Waste Cargo That Fueled Global Outcry Is Seized by Albania

Albanian prosecutors ordered that containers filled with suspected hazardous industrial waste be seized after the cargo was forced to return to Europe from Southeast Asia.

The prosecutors’ order Sunday directed customs authorities and the police to confiscate 102 containers for criminal proceedings.

The containers, which arrived at Durres’ port early Monday morning, caused a global outcry after they were shipped from there in early July bound for Thailand.

Seattle-based Basel Action Network sounded the alarm that more than 800 tons of electric arc furnace dust was being illegally transported after it received a tipoff. The organization alerted border and environmental ...