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Albanian gangsters have "usurped" the drug market in the United Kingdom, causing British prisons to be filled with them.
According to the 'Daily Mail', gangs from the Balkan state now 'exercise great control' over cocaine trafficking, a United Nations report reveals, with criminals importing to mainland Europe through ports in south-east England.
A British judge has stated that cannabis farms run by Albanian criminal networks have reached 'epidemic levels' and this has become an 'industry'.
Aided by alliances with South American drug cartels, these gangsters are consolidating their grip using a combination of fear and deadly violence, while 'flaunting' themselves on social media by sharing photos of their lavish lives.
Recently, 80 Albanian immigrants were sentenced to a total of 130 years in prison during the first four months of the year.
Their crimes included murder, rape, assault with a firearm and kidnapping.
The scale of the crime wave is putting pressure on the UK's already overcrowded prisons, forcing the British government to strike a deal with Albania to deport convicted Albanians.
Many young Albanians are illegally entering Great Britain and joining drug gangs, and when they are caught by British authorities, they justify themselves by saying that 'the difficult conditions in Albania have forced them to do such work'.
The UK cocaine market is thought to be worth £2 billion with around 976,000 users, while the annual number of cocaine-related deaths has risen sevenfold in a decade to now stand at 840.
National Crime Agency research has shown that Albanian organized crime groups control the cocaine market in all major cities and suburban areas of the UK.
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