The Albanian mafia is developing rapidly in the last two decades and in recent years it dominates several markets and has now found “the goose with the golden eggs” in cocaine which traffic in Europe the cartel. This particular trade has never been more profitable than it is now, since in 2017 alone the retail market reached 9 billion euros in the old continent, which means an increase of 60% compared to 2013.
These criminal organizations from the Albania therefore, they stop being considered new in the field of crime and transform themselves into regulators, with their true image having nothing to do with the one presented in Hollywood movies such as Taken.
According to the website Balkan Insight the albanian mafia has “important role in the wholesale trafficking of cocaine” and it is major player in Britain, one of the biggest markets of the particular drug. A spokesman for the British National Crime Agency clarifies that the Albanian mobsters are part of a wider trend in which gangs from the Balkans have been drawn into cocaine trafficking because of its “higher profits”.
THE stereotypical image of the Albanian mafia, they are people who want to look like mobsters and promote their criminal lifestyle, while they like to resort to violence all the time to solve any issue. The reality, however, is completely different.
With except in certain cases -mainly in central cities, such as London- is made up of low profile memberswhere they come from all social classes, so that in no case will they attract attention. So, they can be from drivers and freelancers, to sailors and entrepreneurs.
Alongside, they resort in a few cases to the use of violence and with precision strikes, since they don’t seek more trouble. Especially, since they are already operating with illegal activities, which generate large profits, but without having a monopoly or absolute control.
Yes, they do not act alonebut they also cooperate with other mafiasespecially criminal ones organizations active in the Balkans, such as from Serbia and Montenegro. “He myth from the Balkans that people would fight each other based on nationalityit doesn’t manifest as much in terms of these organized crime operations,” said Walter Kemp, of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
Now, the Albanian mafia is one of Europe’s fastest-growing criminal groups thanks to cocaine, and it has the blessings of organized crime, which seeks people for its jobs in order to make money.
Source: News Beast
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