Britain's most powerful gangs: From Pakistani heroin traffickers in Birmingham to London's Turkish mafia map reveals battle with Albanians for control of UK's drug trade

found 2025 › Feb › 15 (Sat) @ 17:44 UTC

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EXCLUSIVE: Despite the growing power of Albanian criminals among the upper echelons of UK organised crime, rival groups continue to exert influence over specific markets and territories.

The only UK city where the Albanian mafia fear to tread: They've taken over Britain's drugs trade, but as our gang map reveals, Balkan gangsters have been unable to breach one northern underworld stronghold

found 2025 › Feb › 12 (Wed) @ 06:23 UTC

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Kingpins from the Balkan state are said to have used direct links to Colombian cartels to secure the best value cocaine.

Keir Starmer backs deportation of Albanian migrant allowed to stay in Britain because his son 'doesn't like foreign chicken nuggets'

found 2025 › Feb › 11 (Tue) @ 12:11 UTC

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The Prime Minister responded to a backlash after it emerged an Albanian criminal is allowed to remain in Britain in part because his son has 'distaste' for the food.

The Guardian view on Kosovo’s election result: a gateway to rapprochement with the EU

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 19:35 UTC

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A new coalition government may seek to rebuild bridges with western partners, at a perilous geopolitical moment

Seventeen years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, its future remains shado…

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: An Albanian criminal dodging deportation because of chicken nuggets. A Pakistani paedophile we can't kick out because he's a father. Sometimes words fail even me!

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 17:47 UTC

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Days like this, as I have had occasion to remark more than once over the years, it's difficult to know where to start.

Albanian criminal's deportation from the UK is halted amid judge's concerns for his son... after 10-year-old said he didn't like chicken nuggets from outside Britain

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 06:25 UTC

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An Albanian criminal is allowed the stay in Britain in part because his son has 'distaste' for foreign chicken nuggets, an immigration tribunal ruled.

Sabrina Nessa's family slams her 'cowardly' killer for 'trying to transfer from Broadmoor to an Albanian jail to be closer to his family'

found 2025 › Feb › 08 (Sat) @ 21:35 UTC

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The grieving family of Sabrina Nessa believe garage worker Koci Selamaj, 39, should serve his life sentence for the murder of the 28-year-old in a London park in September 2021 in the UK

My Albanian husband charmed me but he changed the moment we tied the knot and I realised why he'd really married me - so many British women are in the same situation

found 2025 › Feb › 08 (Sat) @ 13:57 UTC

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A divorced mother-of-four says she was scammed for a visa by a 'very charming' Albanian illegal immigrant who only married her to get his hands on a UK visa.

Albanian criminal taunts taxpayers by touring London in £300,000 Rolls-Royce after making asylum claim that may take years to process - despite being kicked out of UK twice for burglary

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 12:14 UTC

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Gucci-wearing Dorian Puka, 28, has previously been jailed and deported twice for a string of burglaries in the UK.

The Albanian mafia running Britain's cocaine trade and criminal warlords shedding blood on the streets: Experts warn gangs pose a serious threat to the UK - after young father was abducted and murdered

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 07:19 UTC

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Albanian gangs are believed to dominate the UK's illicit cocaine trade, said to be worth £5bn a year, a position they achieved by negotiating directly with Colombian cartels.