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VIEW article about Albanian gangs in Ecuador: They act under the guise of entrepreneurs, they control every illegal activity

Politiko 2022-10-01 17:46:38

VIEW article about Albanian gangs in Ecuador: They act under the guise of

VISTAZO has dedicated an article to the gangs operating in Ecuador, including the Albanian ones. It says that in the last 10 years, the country has turned into a paradise for Albanian gangs, who own not only drug trafficking, but also other illegal activities. It is further added that they are the authors of the outbreaks of violence in Guayaquil.

It was September 15, 2020. After five years of investigations in 10 countries, a 'cocaine pipeline' between Latin America and Europe was discovered. Twenty people were arrested in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Spain, Albania and Dubai. For Italy's Polizia di Stato, which carried out the investigation with the Florence Prosecutor's Office, it was an unprecedented operation, according to the European Union's police agency, Europol.

It was the biggest blow to a structure run by a criminal organization of Albanian origin. The front of the organization was "Kompania Bello". It was the first time that it was established that the entire chain of operations related to drug trafficking was in the hands of the same structure. Albanians cut off the middlemen. Four tonnes of cocaine and £5.5 million in cash were seized. The mechanism for clearing assets was complex. It consisted of using a system of Chinese origin, known as fei ch'ien, which leaves no clues, Europol warned," the article said.

It is further added that the "head" of the cocaine traffic was a 40-year-old Albanian arrested in Ecuador. It is about Dritan Rexhepi, who was arrested in Quito in June 2014, after an operation where 278 kilograms of cocaine were seized.

Rexhepi is serving a 13-year prison sentence in the detention center in Cotopaxi. Justice of Albania and Italy requested extradition. Albania accuses him of having ordered the kidnapping of a 49-year-old man for clearing accounts.

The most common practice of leaders of criminal organizations is to act under the guise of entrepreneurs.

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