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"The Rama-Meloni Pact, a difficult operation precisely because of the repeated alarms that the anti-money laundering agencies make about Albania"
A day after the Rama-Meloni accord, the well-known journalist Giuliano Foschini published in 'La Republica', a long observation about Albanian drug trafficking.
The journalist who has been covering the activity of the anti-mafia authorities in Italy for years raised the question that the arrival of a number of Africans in Albania could turn into raw material for the "terrible" Albanian mafia as he calls it. To restart the clandestine traffic, what is there among other things is one of the golden opportunities that traffickers look for to hide drugs.
Throughout the long activity of the clandestine traffic from Albania to Italy by raft, a significant amount of hashish, heroin and later cocaine was hidden on every route.
In this article, Foschini has a phrase, referring to the implementation of the Rama-Meloni pact: "A difficult operation precisely because of the repeated alarms that the anti-money laundering agencies make for Albania, which is also making efforts with the Special Prosecutor's Office against organized crime and corruption (SPAK), but apparently it is not enough".
And in fact, this is the most important phrase, which comes out of the documents of the Italian and European police intelligence services, but also of the American DEA, on what is also the biggest dilemma of these years in Albania, which is debated a lot.
The reports of the Italian anti-mafia, which are based on deep investigations of the DIA, make it known in the report, part of which was provided by 'Pamphlet', that 'Albanian drug traffickers do not have a way to transfer and launder money'.
And this is exactly the most difficult part of finding, tracking, or even providing evidence to reach the seizure. Even in some cases, when even though there were decisions by the courts of Spain or Italy for Albanian persons who were involved in various businesses, the blocked assets were then released.
But that is another matter; in this case, the report makes it known that constructions are not the only way where Albanian drug trafficking money is laundered, or better to say, in most cases this money is cleaned before it reaches the capital investment, where it circulates through bank accounts.
The report states that Albanian drug traffickers have managed to use a money circulation triangle that has been able to avoid the alert of anti-drug agencies for years.
This triangle starts in Spain or Gibraltar (British Territory), goes to Luxembourg, and then ends in Tirana. We are dealing with financial agencies that have been established for years, and by means of a salty percentage they make the circulation of this money.
Në Spanjë, kryesisht këto organizma janë të vendosura në zonën e Costa del Sol, pra në Marbella, ose në ishujt balnearë: Majorka apo Minorka.
Raporti thekson se prej vitesh një numër i madh shqiptarësh kanë aktivitete në këto zona, ku kanë blerë shumë biznese. Ky përqëndrim nuk shpjegohet ndryshe veçse me vendosjen aty thuajse të njëkohshëm të grupeve shqiptare në Ekuador. Të dyja zonat përbëjnë një territor që më shumë sesa për trafik përdoret si komisionim i tregtisë.
Në Ekuador, merren me komisionimin e kokainës me shumicë dhe transportimin e saj, duke korruptuar e integruar autoritetet e porteve, ndërsa në Spanjë e Gjibraltar, funksionojnë të ashtuquajturat agjenci financiare, të cilat kryesisht lëvizin fijeve e komunitetit gjigand offshore që qarkullon në kontinent.
Zona e Costa del Sol prej vitesh ka qenë një domen i N’dragheta-s kalabreze, madje ka pasur raporte se disa prej agjencive financiare kanë qenë pronë e mafias më të fuqishme italiane.
Vitet e fundit, autoritetet italiane, kanë vënë re një zhvendosje të çuditshme të grupeve të shqiptarëve të njohur si pjesë e ambjenteve të N’dragheta-s në brigjet e Spanjës. Ndërkaq, në Gjibraltar, janë vendosur mjaft shqiptarë me banim në Britaninë e Madhe, ku kanë bizneset e tyre.
Këta, “biznesmenë” dyshohet se përdorin dy rrugë të transferimit të parave në mënyrë të rregullt. Agjencitë japin kredi për ndërtimin e bizneseve të ndryshme që janë kryesisht bare e restorante, apo edhe diskoteka, e më pas bëhet qarkullimi sërish në Agjenci e në bankat e Luksemburgut, që shquhen për interesa të ulëta, duke kaluar pastaj në Shqipëri.
Por edhe këtu, nuk se investohen menjëherë në një biznes me risk si ndërtimi, por përdoren në disa ishuj biznesesh të vegjël, që më pas e çojnë të gjithë shumën në një hinkë të madhe që është ndërtimi. Këta janë kryesisht (thotë raporti) flota taksish që në Tiranë janë rritur si kërpurdhat pas shiut, furnitorë të materialeve të ndërtimit, si dhe aktivitete të showbiz-it, si filma, albume këngësh apo edhe lokale nate.
Por të gjitha këto, theksojnë raportet, rrisin në mënyrë galopante kostot dhe ulin fitimet e narkotrafikantëve. Asnjë grup apo komunitet baronësh të kokainës nuk mund të përballonin një organizim të tillë me kosto marramendëse.
That is why we suspect that we are dealing with a unique monster organization, that is, an Albanian cartel, which has so far been undetected in its dome. It is suspected to operate according to the medieval scheme, where all the clans give their share to the Prince or King, who in turn takes care of the security and infrastructure, keeping the cost accounts himself. Analyzes made many times by anti-trafficking specialists in Italy who have been following the mafia for years, point out that the amounts caught at the ports, in most of them, are bait to feed the police. However, such costs are covered only by the huge amounts trafficked. This is not a new fact, as it has been used for years by major drug cartels in Latin America. Like Pablo Escobar or the Kali cartel, they "fed" the DEA with small triumphs to continue the passage of large amounts to the USA and Europe.
The success against them was precisely when the war began to be fought at home, that is, in Colombia, where the DEA managed to bring down well-organized multi-billion dollar empires. However, the first key that broke these empires was the invasion of Panama and the seizure of money deposited by drug traffickers there.
It seems precisely to fight the war from here, the DEA has arrived in Tirana for a year, as has the Italian DIA, German, British and Spanish police. The chances are that we will soon have results in this area as well. It is no coincidence that when the SPAK delegation visited Washington, they also had an important meeting at the DEA. / Pamphlet
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