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An Albanian national will spend decades in federal prison after being convicted of a vast international cocaine trafficking and money laundering operation that operated in Metro Detroit.
After a 12-week trial, Ylli Didani was convicted by a federal jury on May 16, 2025, on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to distribute cocaine on a vessel, and conspiracy to launder money.
The sentence comes after he was found guilty of his role in a massive international cocaine trafficking organization worth $100 million, which planned to use an underwater drone to transport drugs to Europe.
Federal officials in the United States have revealed new details about the criminal activity of Ylli Didani, sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on March 31, for involvement in an international cocaine trafficking and money laundering network.
According to prosecutors, Didani and his associates organized and financed the distribution of cocaine from several countries, including the state of Michigan. He is alleged to have run drug trafficking operations from 2015 until his arrest in March 2021, during which shipments of approximately 9,000 pounds of cocaine were orchestrated and millions of dollars in profits were generated.
Investigations show that the network used advanced methods to transport and hide drugs and proceeds. Authorities say they included international shipping routes, investments in luxury real estate, and significant spending on security equipment, such as armored vehicles and bulletproof vests.
One of the most unusual schemes uncovered during the investigation was a plan to use an underwater drone to transport cocaine to Europe. According to prosecutors, this device, dubbed a “cocaine torpedo,” was designed to attach to the hulls of merchant ships and be released at their destination, where it would then be picked up by other vessels controlled by the network. The project never materialized, as one of the key accomplices died in 2018.
In parallel, US authorities have also documented extensive money laundering activity in Michigan. Evidence obtained through wiretaps, digital records and bank transactions shows that large sums of money were converted and reinvested to support the drug trade. In one case, about $864,000 was converted into cash through various businesses, while some of it was used to buy new cocaine.
Court documents also include visual evidence, where Didani appears with large sums of money before drug transactions.
Prosecutors also highlighted the convict's criminal past, highlighting several previous convictions for criminal offenses and misdemeanors, as well as the lack of legal economic activity. According to them, Didani also violated the rules during his detention, as a hidden phone was found in his cell, with which he had requested information on drug seizures and followed the developments of his case.
This case is considered by the authorities as an example of sophisticated international organized crime operations and the extensive cooperation of law enforcement agencies to crack down on them./ Adapted from "Pamphlet" by " Clickondetroit ".
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