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List of members. Albanian mafia or Albanian organized crime (Albanian: Mafia Shqiptare) are the general terms used for criminal organizations based in Albania or composed of ethnic Albanians. Albanian organized crime is active in Europe, North America, South America, and various other parts of the world including the Middle East and Asia. [ 13 ]
In June 2017, the National Crime Agency (NCA)'s annual report on organised crime warned that Albanian criminal groups had "established a high-profile influence within UK organised crime", focusing mainly on the trafficking of cocaine to London. The report noted that "The threat faced from Albanian crime groups is significant.
Killing of Emily Jones. On 22 March 2020, 7-year-old Emily Grace Jones[3] was stabbed at Queen's Park in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, while riding her scooter and died shortly afterwards. [4][5] Eltiona Skana, a 30-year-old Albanian woman unknown to the Jones family, was arrested on the scene and later charged with murder. [6][7] Skana ...
The National Crime Agency said the gang was ‘prepared to smuggle migrants in lorries over one of the longer ferry and freight crossings into the UK’. Albanian people-smuggling gang ...
Albanians are now the biggest single nationality arriving in the UK by crossing the Channel, with 12,000 making the journey so far this year. Crime gangs smuggling millions of pounds from UK to ...
A crime is described as an act against the Albanian Penal Code for which there are judicial consequences such as punishments or fines. [1] The Penal Code is based on the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, with general principles of international criminal law ratified by the Albanian state. Crimes in Albania can only be committed within ...
June 17, 2024 at 8:00 AM. (Reuters) -Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha, the country's former president and prime minister, on Monday lost his appeal against a ban on entering Britain over ...
The importation and sale of cocaine is now largely dominated by Albanian Organised Crime Groups. [10] Albanians have overtaken Poles as the largest group of foreign prisoners in UK jails. [11] [12] Polish gangs were the perpetrators of the UK's largest ever modern slavery ring, which exploited hundreds of vulnerable victims.