Albanian criminal organisations are imposing themselves in Europe with their territories in the cocaine market and cannabis cultivation. For the first time, numerous Albanian mafia factions teamed up with Latin American cartels. Dritan Rexhepi’s cocaine empire was created from his prison cell, in collaboration with local cartels and the Italian mafia. Assassinations between gangs, the installation of Albanian organizations in the cocaine center in Ecuador, and transportation of cocaine to the port of Durres.
