Hellbanianzs high life the bling, the violence has fostered tensions within the Albanian community, particularly the goading of police. So they have made a lot of money over the past two decades. '. He was screaming at me to 'get in'. We pay for your stories! The Barking native later learned the raid was part of a police operation that aimed to disrupt a 'rent-a-gun' operation in south-east England. This load is worth about 30 million pesos [$8,000], says a heavily-built man wearing a Gucci tee and Diesel jeans, with a handgun sticking out of his waistband. 1 December 2022 15:00 Four men charged with drugs offences You can opt-out at any time by signing in to your account to manage your preferences. The Hellbanianz gang are based on the Gascoigne Estate in Barking, with . In the mid-1990s the estate was run by white working-class crime families. One member, pictured showing his middle finger to the camera, wrote on Instagram: I'm trying to spend It.. You still trying to make it #SnowMoney not #ShowMoney. They are constantly buying drugs they buy up to seven tonnes frequently. The man said: "The Albanians have made a lotofmoney and are nowinManchester. The Gascoigne estate, built in the 1960s and occupying land that slopes south of Barking town centre to the Thames, is its historical home turf. Crisis Group interviews, Western officials, New York, London and Washington, January 2023. Police say they have a stranglehold over the cocaine market in London and the south-east of England. 837K views 11 months ago The Albanian mafia have forged a deadly alliance with Colombia's biggest cocaine clan. We keep a good relationship [with the Albanians], he says. After that they are big in Manchester. Now a London-based Albanian gangs expert has lifted the lid on how criminals from his countrymen dominate the capital and Manchester's coke trade. Deprivation and drugs blighted the estate long before a Jamaican gang run by Delroy the King Lewis started a ruthlessly efficient 24-hour operation on the estate, selling crack cocaine and heroin. More info. The gangs lyrics discuss defending Barking with kallash (AK47s) and dishing out threats to rival Albanian outfit OTR ( On Top Of The Rest) and a fair few others. The Hood Life video shows gang members surrounding a Met patrol car. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. By
One resident called Hellbanianz the stabbers. Officers raided addresses in London and Essex where they recovered significant amounts of evidence. Plus, historically, the Italians have good contacts in Latin America.. "They are now into laundering their cash and are linked to door firms across the country. It was seen in the video for Hellbanianzs trap track Hood Life. Photos of the gangster with weapons including a gun stored in his belt, a Kalashnikov, and an Israeli pistol, were also found on his phone during a border check at Dover. Collectively, the Belgian and Dutch ports employ 240,000 people, a cohort of whom, police intelligence indicates, work for the Ndrangheta and Mafia Shqiptare. Gangster Bledar Muca (39) was previously caught on CCTV in 2016 using a. Soon after, Hellbanianz took over. For that the Mafia Shqiptare needed to collaborate with the Ndrangheta, the most powerful and globalised of the Italian mafias, which controls mainland Europes cocaine trade. Police sources say Hellbanianz are also behind increasing gang violence as they vie to leapfrog their rivals in a bloodthirsty turf war. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. "Soon they also moved into cocaine, which they spotted was very much the drug of the new millennium in Europe. This created a breeding ground for organised gangs. Albanians account for around a third of the almost 40,000 people who have arrived in small boats so far this year, according to UK government figures. CARTEL drugs barons trained up Albanian gangsters to flood the UK with cocaine after setting up "crucial" secret links, an expert has revealed. The most vulnerable point for drug smugglers is the port of entry. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Her skin is fucking grey for fucks sakes) - is the fact that Cassie is willingly and happily posting this picture as the background to some answer-question crap post. Hellbanianz is an Albanian organised street gang based in the Gascoigne Estate in Barking, London, England. Some gangs groom young children to take drugs out of London to sell it in quiet towns, and in other areas of the country. Albania being one of the poorest countries in Europe breeds some of the most violent crime in Europe., A cocaine smuggler underlines this strategy later on: Plenty of my friends are dead, he says. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Half of the Clans cocaine is smuggled by Mexican cartels into America. They were standing near Crispe house, a tower block on east Londons Gascoigne estate, undisputed territory of Hellbanianz. If you are good at moving things then you stay ahead of your competitors and the Albanians are good at this, said Sergi. They always deliver, he said. The drug is at its cheapest in the UK since 1990 and purer than it has been for a decade, which has caused record fatalities. ONE OF Albania's most wanted murderers has been arrested in the UK after more than 22 years on the run. I called the police who came round to collect it. Several members of Hellbanainz are in jail including Tristen Aslanni, 29, who was caged for 25 years for drugs and firearms offences. A National Crime Agency (NCA) report in February said Albanian gangs had in the past five. After identifying London-based Mzui as the primary upstream supplier, covert officers spent months trailing the 31-year-old as he sourced the controlled drug from his own suppliers in the south . "I heard [noises] outside and opened my front door to a policeman with a gun and dogs. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up . John Eric Wells. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. The gang's page boasts that their gang motto is "We Are God Of The Streets". Red [laser] dots were pointing at me - I thought they were going to take me out. Saggers said: Theres a strong Italian-organised mafia link with Albanians now, Albanians are working with them not in competition with them. "The Albanian gang members like to spend their cash on flash cars such as Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Rolls Royce and Bentleys. 'These were large cash seizures, with the ability to cause serious disruption to serious and organised crime.'. The Gascoigne estate is bordered on its south and west by the A13 and the North Circular roads, urban bulwarks against neighbouring gangs such as Newhams Beckton Black Squad. The Albanian Mafia participates in a diverse range of criminal enterprises including trafficking in drugs, arms, and humans. The Biochemistry MSci - premised on research - provides an invaluable foundation for . It says that the NCAs assessment is that Albanian crime groups now control the cocaine market across the main city and suburban areas of this country, except Liverpool. If someone goes on their territory, theyll destroy everything that crosses their path. He is one of some 3,000 sworn-in members of the Clan who coordinate dozens of flights like this a week. A woman says Albanian gangsters have left residents of the council estate where she resides living in constant fear.. Such relationship-building has left Liverpool as the only part of England not routinely selling Albanian-sourced cocaine. But a former Liverpool crook suggested it was only a matter of time before the Albanians made their move on the port city. A BRAZEN gang of Albanian drug dealers are taunting cops by posting pictures of drug money and flash cars to a public Instagram page. Tony Saggers, the former head of drugs threat and intelligence at the National Crime Agency, who has spent 30 years analysing the rhythms of the global narcotics economy, said: What they have done very intelligently is say: OK, weve got these margins to play with and were going to give a good slice of that to the customer.. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Contract killing of British-Albanian gangster shines new light on European drug smuggling network Vast quantities of cocaine are trafficked through Belgium, corrupting local politics and. All four men were taken to Acton Police station where they were charged and later appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court, where they were remanded in custody to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on February 12. Albanian crime groups have been linked to a surge in major cocaine trafficking into London from Europe. Should this load reach the UK, it would ramp up in value to around $280,000. They are thought to have close ties to the Balkan mafia, who work with South American cartels to flood Europe with cocaine. Daisy O'Doherty has lived on the estate for many years and in a recent interview for MyLondon, she described in vivid detail the terrifying reality of having to live check-by-jowl with the criminals. . Albanians now make up the second highest total of foreign nationals in UK jails at 760,433 of who are in for drugs offences - just a handful behind Poland on 787 - despite only tens of thousands living in the UK compared to almost a million Polish people. "So, they will smuggle it out of the UK into Albania in whatever form it comes. , updated Ms Kuko says authorities have identified 41 Albanian-rooted drug networks. 16 December 2019. Officially, the private cargo flight plane is making a legitimate flight from Bogata to Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. . Click here to upload yours. He was caught after crashing his car into a shop in Crouch End during a police chase. The Albanian gangs expert explained: "In around 2000 Albanians in Amsterdam made contact with drug suppliers from Latin America. You can unsubscribe at any time. n Albanian organised crime boss from London who drove top-of-the-range vehicles hired from a drug dealers car rental business has been barred from returning to Britain in a court victory for the National Crime Agency. "In 2005 the coke price per kilo was around 37k but they put their price at 32k. According to Albanian Drug Law No. When she went to open her flat door to see what was going on, she was stunned to come across an armed policeman, who yelled at her to get back inside. Work independently liaising closely . ". Security is tight, options are finite. He was arrested after crashing a car containing a suitcase of cocaine into a shop in Crouch End after being pursued by police. Dauti was later extradited to Belgium in January 2019 to serve a ten year sentence for organised immigration crime. The 44-year-old man was apprehended this morning (Wed 16 June) after NCA officers tracked him down to an address in Woolwich, South East London, on behalf of the Bundeskriminalamt in Germany. They rap: '[Hellbanianz]is ready for violence, he asked this as proof, ask these or talk about facts, ask this if we shoot. Enter your password to log in. Air Albanian flight attendant dies suddenly after plane lands at Stansted Airport Herts Live 08:00 23-Feb-23 Ship manager disputes Albanian tanker 'detention' in Russian oil probe TradeWinds 07:23 23-Feb-23 Albania's opposition keeps pressuring PM Rama with street protests, hoping to overthrow him from power DTT-NET 07:06 23-Feb-23 Florian Mehsi, 22, was arrested on suspicion of drugs and immigration offences. Albanians might be thinking now is the time to make their move intoLiverpool, where there is a massive cocaine market. Anti-mafia prosecutors described how the Ndrangheta relied on permanent groups working in ports and harbours along with Albanian criminal networks. Last month Operation Pollino, named after the area of southern Italy where the Ndrangheta has its roots, arrested 90 suspects. They were standing near Crispe house, a tower block on east Londons Gascoigne estate, undisputed territory of Hellbanianz. To better understand the Albanians remarkable rise in the UK one might climb to the 12th floor of the Gascoigne estates high-rise blocks. 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The extent of the gangsters unlawful activities led the Home Secretary to remove his right to reside in the UK, which had been granted in 2012 because of his marriage to a Latvian woman living in London. One, named Gee Mason, ran a car rental business called Selective Car Hire and Optimum VR Ltd in Enfield after being freed from prison in 2014 after serving half of an 18 year sentence for attempting to import 200 kilos of heroin. Yet, police sources say, Hellbanianz occupy the lowest rung of the Albanian mafia. READ MORE: Girl, 15, stabbed to death as boy, 16, arrested for murder, "They had stormed the block, I've never seen anything like it in my whole life.". 105/2014 (approved in 2014 and amended in 2015), the agency grants Marketing Authorization to the following categories of drugs: Theres always Albanians about, its a 24/7 service, one user in the capital reminds us. View our online Press Pack. 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