
The next hearing for one of the "SKY ECC" processes continued today in Belgium with 40 defendants, Albanians and Colombians, accused of international cocaine trafficking within the "Black Eagle" file.
Lawyer Sokol Vljahen requested before the criminal court of Brussels, a 5-year suspended prison sentence for his client, to whom the prosecutor requested an 8-year prison sentence for the "Black Eagle" case. It is about 40 people accused of being part of a criminal organization that had created extensive cocaine traffic, brought to light in 2020.
The lawyer started the debate by reminding the court that his client had admitted to being involved in drug trafficking. This former professional Albanian footballer lived in an apartment in Anderlecht and "did not arrive in Belgium by chance", according to his words. He played the role of "nurse" of the criminal organization, keeping stocks of drugs and cash in this apartment.
" My client takes his responsibilities," pleaded Mr. They are boiled. "He explained what he was involved in and what his role was. Anything related to labs (processing cocaine) doesn't bother him. He also did not have a Sky phone (connected to the encrypted Sky ECC network) ”.
Some of the Albanians mentioned in this process have been previously identified by the media as Artur S., Indrit. K., Arben I., Alfredo H., Fjodor B., Aldo T., Llazar S. or the Kosovar Bashkim O., considered among the biggest Albanian players in the cocaine market.
In this file, connections with officials in Albania were also discovered, including the bribery of one of them with 400,000 euros per hour or meetings with them in the Dutch Antilles to enable construction permits for a tower in Tirana, while other details are expected to emerge in the following sessions.
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