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An operation against drug trafficking in Ecuador was carried out by the Spanish police in coordination with Europol, in which the Albanian police and SPAK also participated. The drug trafficking network supplied EU countries with cocaine.
It is learned that the head of the group is Dritan Gjika, who led drug trafficking from Colombia to Ecuador and then to EU countries.
As part of this international operation codenamed 'La Pampa', 31 people were arrested in Spain and Ecuador, 25 cars, 10 firearms, electronic equipment worth about 13 million euros and nearly 3 million cash in different currencies and assets were seized. seized with a total value of about 48 million euros.
According to Europol, the investigation started for an Italian businessman with an orgy from Argentina residing in Mabella. The investigations showed that cocaine traffic from Colombia to Ecuador and then to the EU was directed by an Albanian, who was connected to the Italian businessman. During the investigation, law enforcement authorities in Albania, Belgium, Ecuador, the Netherlands and Turkey seized several significant loads of cocaine totaling 3.2 tons.
The leader of the criminal network played a key role in laundering criminal assets by investing in legitimate businesses in Spain. He managed several companies, including one focused on the production and import of bananas from Ecuador to the EU, as well as sports centers in Marbella, shopping centers in Granada and numerous bars and restaurants. Many of his key associates had strong ties to the Western Balkans and managed the distribution network, which was spread across Europe.
We recall that a mega anti-drug operation took place in Ecuador and Spain, where on February 6, 29 people were arrested for drug trafficking and money laundering of at least 30 million dollars. Police carried out 21 raids in Spain, the most prominent being checks in Marbella and Malaga, and further searches took place in Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Granada and Cadiz. Simultaneously, across the Atlantic, Ecuadorian police carried out 56 raids in various locations across the country.
Those arrested turned out to be connected to a criminal drug trafficking organization, which was led by an Albanian, Dritan Gjika.
Dritan Gjika has strong ties to Ecuadorian businessman Rubén Cherres, executed in April 2023, and considered one of the cocaine bosses there.
In February 2023, the Ecuadorian media revealed the scheme of the Albanian gang led by Dritan Gjika, in collaboration with Ruben Cherres, and how they had exerted influence to get high positions in the ministry.
Ecuadorian media reported that Cherres and Gjika had founded 13 companies, most of them construction and real estate, eight of which were created in a single day. Meanwhile, Cherres turned out to be a friend of Danilo Carrera, the brother-in-law of President Lasso.
In 2014 Gjika started his business activity. One of his first activities in Ecuador was to buy shares in Cresmark, an exporter of all kinds of agricultural products such as bananas. In that company, the Albanian Spahiu Erjon was also a shareholder, who sold his shares in the company to Gjika on January 28, 2022.
But one of the companies that had the most movement is Agricomtrade.
In 2018, Gjika was found to have bought shares in that company, whose activity is the wholesale trade of bananas. Impex Fruit Five Hundred Six Sociedad Anónima, a company created in Costa Rica whose representatives have been hit by the Odebrecht scandals, sold its shares in Agricomtrade to the Albanian.
But one of the companies that has the most movement is Agricomtrade. In 2018, Gjika bought shares in that company, whose activity is the wholesale trade of bananas. Impex Fruit Five Hundred Six Sociedad Anónima, a company created in Costa Rica whose representatives have been hit by the Odebrecht scandals, sold its shares in Agricomtrade to the Albanian.
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