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"They operate extensively throughout the territory"/ DIA report raises alarm about the Albanian mafia

2025-05-30 19:26:00, Kronika CNA

"They operate extensively throughout the territory"/ DIA report raises

The annual report of the Italian Antimafia for 2024 has also raised the alarm about the Albanian mafia in Italy. The report states that the Albanian mafia and Albanian organized crime are an alarm for security and the economy.

According to the DIA report, Albanian criminal groups are widely present throughout Italian territory and operate with different organizational and operational approaches.

"Albanian crime represents one of the most complex and structured forms of foreign crime in Italy. Albanian criminal groups, widely present throughout the national territory, operate with different organizational and operational approaches. Some operate in small, sometimes multi-ethnic groups, focused mainly on crimes against property. Others, meanwhile, have formed strong and long-lasting criminal organizations, rooted in the territory and with modes of operation that in some cases approach those of the mafia.

A distinctive feature of these organizations is the use of violence, which is used both to resolve internal conflicts for control of the drug market, and as a means of intimidation and control. A feature of them is the system of membership, which is often based on family ties or on connections between individuals originating from the same city or region of Albania. These ties are reinforced by certain codes of conduct, which consolidate the internal structure of the groups.

Drug trafficking remains the main sector of activity and the income derived from it is increasingly being invested in the purchase of legal businesses and real estate. Investigative evidence also confirms that Albanian groups are involved in other illegal activities, such as arms trafficking, human trafficking, exploitation of prostitution and the commission of fiscal crimes.

A recent investigation by the State Police, concluded on December 7 with the arrest of two citizens of Albanian origin, has also shown that Albanian criminality is also very active in advanced sectors such as online commerce. In drug trafficking, these ethnic groups sometimes collaborate with other foreign criminal organizations and are distinguished by their credibility and their already consolidated role at an international level. They are capable of managing the transport of large drug shipments and communicate directly with Latin American cartels for the import of significant quantities of cocaine intended for the supply of Albanian cells operating in the main Italian markets.

The so-called “Adriatic route” is a key node for the passage of narcotics from Albania to Italy and the rest of Europe, also facilitated by air connections with the Balkan countries bordering the Adriatic. These relations are also facilitated by the lack of rivalry for control of the territory, as the Albanians mainly deal with the supply of drugs, while the distribution is left to Italian criminal groups. Cocaine is imported into Italian territory by sea and land, along the main European distribution routes, relying on their collaborators in Northern Europe, through whom they have managed to penetrate the main commercial ports (Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg)”, the DIA Report writes, among other things./CNA

 

 

 

 

 

 





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