Officially, the private cargo flight plane is making a legitimate flight from Bogata to Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. You most trust the ones similar to you, she said. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. Four 'suspected Albanian gangsters' are charged with money laundering and drug trafficking after investigators seize 340,000 in cash and cocaine worth 400,000 Police and the National Crime. A search of the property also uncovered drugs worth 6million. Crime. Daisy O'Doherty says she was woken in her Barking flat by a police officer pointing a gun at her and described herself as a 'target' of the Hellbanianz gang who try to intimidate locals. In a chilling YouTube video members of the gang rap to warn their rivals. Albanians have become the third largest group of organised criminals in the country by nationality in the last three years, increasing their share of the market by 42 per cent. Drug trafficking. Top nutrition scientist says you should drink as many varieties as possible UK's electric car revolution stalls: Britain falling behind US and Europe in race to become an EV Charles evicting Harry and Meghan is the act of a King putting his country first: REBECCA ENGLISH reveals A royal princess at Eton? Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. Theyve gone down the route of sustainable prices, good quality., Mohammed Qasim, a research fellow at Leeds Beckett University who studys drug dealers, described the Albanian business approach as fantastic, adding: If they were on Dragons Den with this model, all the dragons would be giving them money.. They were standing near Crispe house, a tower block on east Londons Gascoigne estate, undisputed territory of Hellbanianz. The Albanian effect has profoundly shaped the use, production and economy of cocaine. Requesting anonymity, he said: Youd be walking home and feel a little prick on your leg and later you realised youd been stabbed by one of the Albanian kids.. Two years ago, they killed my friend, and they killed his wife with a stone. [1] Rookwood House, a five-minute walk from Barking Abbey, became their notional headquarters. Should this load reach the UK, it would ramp up in value to around $280,000. 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. "Typically the gang members may be related and may all come from the same town in Albania. Albanian crews rule the drugs underworld in the UK - from London & Manchester to Scotland - but they learned the brutal tricks of the trade after flying out to Latin America more than a decade ago. In one incident he stabbed a club bouncer in Seven Sisters three times in the heart area with a four-inch flick knife but escaped prosecution after the victim was paid very well for not helping police and fled to Bulgaria. Others deny its existence. Not only has the Merseyside port its own direct access to South America, Saggers says that its turf is jealously guarded by the citys own criminal gangs. 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. Several members of Hellbanainz are in jail including Tristen Aslanni, 29, who was caged for 25 years for drugs and firearms offences. by. So they have made a lot of money over the past two decades. Last Tuesday, 14-year-old Jayden Moodie was killed in the borough during a targeted attack, though his family say he had no gang involvement. The documentary begins at a private party for the coke-guzzling London elite held at a swanky mansion by the toffs who make up the the Bullingdon Club, an Oxford University student society and then heads to Medellin in Colombia. 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Some even post clips of themselves rapping in prison. Use of the drug has been increasing in the city since 2011 and in 2017 the London Metropolitan Police warned that drug dealers and organised crime groups had started using bitcoin ATMs to launder . The model, 46, went for a dressed down look, donning a longline padded jacket and shielded her face with a black baseball cap. The 36-year-old gangster, referred to in legal papers only as B9, enjoyed a high-living lifestyle despite having almost no financial footprint in the UK and only limited earnings from a London loft company. Three leading members of the gang were jailed for a total of 42 years in 2016 after a police operation recovered 6million worth of drugs and a machine gun. The NCA is determined to use all the tools at our disposal to protect the public from serious and organised crime.. The second busiest European port is Antwerp in Belgium, which connects to the Thames port of Tilbury, 15 miles from Hellbanianz territory. 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The Albanian gangs have negotiated directly with the producers, enabling them to slash the price of the drug. On other occasions, he was seen by officers from the National Crime Agency using anti-surveillance techniques while driving, included performing loops and turns, speeding up or slowing down suddenly, and doubling back on himself.It says that the NCAs assessment is that Albanian crime groups now control the cocaine market across the main city and suburban areas of thiscountry, except Liverpool, and that a younger generation of Albanian criminals is starting to lose the reluctance of the older generation to do anything that would bring them to the attention of law enforcement agencies. Yet, police sources say, Hellbanianz occupy the lowest rung of the Albanian mafia. "They knew that this would gain them market share and ultimately dominance, like an illicit version of the online retailer Amazon. Then the younger generation began making flashy videos and waving money around, and along came Hellbanianz. Asllani hid a fearsome Skorpion sub-machine gun fitted with a silencer at a house in Crouch End used as a collection point for suitcases of cocaine. "The key thing is to have a personalised registration plate. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Such disregard was evident in the case of Hellbanianz member Tristen Asllani, who in 2016 lost control during a high-speed police chase in Crouch End, north London, and ploughed into a shop. Sky News met 15 victims at a shelter in Vlore, a city in the south of Albania which remains a hot spot for the country's trafficking network. They follow an ancient code of honour called besa, which is essentially their code of conduct. Theres always Albanians about, its a 24/7 service, one user in the capital reminds us. Red [laser] dots were pointing at me - I thought they were going to take me out. 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. Violent gangs from the . If you live in London, youll know that obtaining a gram of coke is about as easy as making a cup of tea. Last month Operation Pollino, named after the area of southern Italy where the Ndrangheta has its roots, arrested 90 suspects. STEPHEN Don't just stick to the Malbec! The latest UK criminal threat assessment says that the Albanians are unusually skilled at developing relationships and forging links with other OCGs [organised criminal gangs]. But five months ago Rookwood House was knocked down as part of a sweeping regeneration project. She said the issue went beyond cuckooing - where vulnerable people's homes are used for criminal activity - and had been affecting people who wouldn't normally be targeted by gangs. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The Hellbanianz gang are based on the Gascoigne Estate in Barking, with members often showing off their criminal exploits on social media. They have leapfrogged other drug gangs in London because of their ruthlessness in violent turf wars,The Daily Expressreports. London, Bloomsbury. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. It was also told that gangster wrongly told Border Force officers in Ashford that Mason, who is currently abroad on the run and wanted for recall to prison, was his uncle after being stopped as he drove a Bentley Bentayga on a trip to Albania and also lied about his wifes nationality. Also working in the Albanians favour is their reputation for violence. The Albanian gangs expert explained: "In around 2000 Albanians in Amsterdam made contact with drug suppliers from Latin America. They are quite charismatic and known to prioritise relationship-building rather than competitive feuds. More broadly, far bigger and more frequent shipments of the drug have been seized entering the UK as cocaine production in south America has hit record levels - up 31% on 2016. They gather at 9pm, same faces, same lot, one said. The legislation removed "a recently identified permitting barrier" included in legislation . "You just constantly hear people in their cars or pulling up or shouting things to each other, playing music or talking really loud. Something had kicked off the night before and the guys on the corner were keen to offer advice. 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. 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 . Especially as a white female living on my own in a council property. Biochemistry MSci (2023) Biochemical research underpins a great deal of the core knowledge in life sciences. Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Read our, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. 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By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. The gangster, who gave addresses at Sheldon Square in Paddington and Swinton Street, Kings Cross, as his homes to investigators, appealed on human rights grounds and claimed that he had was not involved in crime. 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. The Clan del Golfo, referred to as The Clan, are a right-wing paramilitary group that the US government has designated as one of the top five transnational organised crime groups in the world. Ten people were arrested for offences, including conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and conspiracy to commit GBH with intent, for their role in an enterprise that loaned weapons to gangs for revenge attacks. Some might recognise the faces from YouTube where Hellbanianz posts footage to try to lure falcons fresh recruits - with shots of scantily clad women, wheel-spinning Bentleys and the ubiquitious wads of money. By the time of the 2011 census, Albanian was the second language on the estate. Yet for the Albanians model to truly work it required control of Europes ports. You can WhatsApp us on 07810 791 502. In our new All 4 show "Criminal Planet", we investigate the deadly alliance between Albania and Colombia's biggest coke clan. UK News RUNNING RIOT Brazen Albanian gangsters in notorious Hellbanianz cartel brag about Lawless London drugs' cash on Instagram The page shows the Barking-based Hellbanianz gang showing. 'London city control, f*** this team with crowns, f*** that bitch from tattoos, the gang has already taken over. They are the street dealers and enforcers of the Mafia Shqiptare, the Albanian organised criminal syndicates who, the National Crime Agency believe, are consolidating power within the UK criminal underworld and on their way to a near total takeover of the UKs 5bn cocaine market. "The Albanian gang members like to spend their cash on flash cars such as Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Rolls Royce and Bentleys. The [sense] of community isn't there anymore.". Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up . They describe themselves as 'God of the streets' and the video shows them posing with flash cars and glamorous women. They began negotiating directly with the Colombian cartels who control coca production. It exposes their activities. Another of the gangsters associates named in tbe court judgment is 33-year-old Albanian Alket Dauti, who was arrested by NCA officers in June 2018 in a raid on his flat in Penge in south east London over his involvement in people trafficking, two months after meeting B9 at a shisha bar in north London. Police say they have a stranglehold over the cocaine market in London and the south-east of England. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. You dont want to be hanging around here too long, one said, refusing to elaborate. Soon after, Hellbanianz took over. A multi million pound cocaine ring in which West Midlands drug dealers joined forces with Albanian gangsters lay in ruins as its members started prison sentences totalling more than 99 years today. Craig Lee/The Examiner. Red [laser] dots were pointing at me - I thought they were going to take me out. You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number, I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Evening Standard. Locals say Hellbanianz has moved operations north, to a prime spot near the Kings Lounge pub. They were standing near Crispe house, a tower block on east Londons Gascoigne estate, undisputed territory of Hellbanianz. A n Albanian organised crime boss from London who drove top-of-the-range vehicles hired from a drug dealer's car rental business has been barred from returning to Britain in a court victory. Belgian officials became suspicious of a plane that . Long-term resident Daisy O'Doherty says Hellbanianz members will deliberately behave in an intimidating manner in order to frighten locals. 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 Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368. "They were prepared to order huge amounts and then flood it onto the streets, undercutting rival sellers on price. They are said to control a large part of the billion dollar wholesale cocaine market in Europe and appear to be the primary distributors of cocaine in various European drug hubs including London. 18 January 2023 11:22 Man jailed after 50k worth of drugs seized A man has been jailed after a stop and search led to a large quantity of drugs being found. 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