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'900 calls a day', The Telegraph: Albanians run criminal gangs from prison!

2026-07-21 12:19:17Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Albanians are suspected of running their criminal activities from prison, as official data shows that they have made more than twice as many phone calls from prison compared to any other nationality.

Ministry of Justice data has revealed that Albanian prisoners have made 157,962 phone calls from prison over the past six months, which is equivalent to almost 900 calls per day.

Albanians are the largest foreign nationality by number of prisoners in prisons in England and Wales, with more than 1,200 prisoners, followed by Poles and Romanians. 

According to prison service data, the number of phone calls made by Albanian prisoners was four times higher than the number of calls made by Poles and Romanians, respectively.

Poles, who make up 740 prisoners, made 209 calls per day (total 37,691), while Romanians, with 708 prisoners, made 207 calls per day (total 37,307).

The second highest total was that of 73,541 calls made by 678 prisoners from Ireland, followed by 57,867 calls made by 68 Americans.

Extremely disproportionate

Prof. Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and former government adviser on extremism in prisons, said the number of calls from Albanian prisoners seemed “grossly disproportionate”.

"We know that Albanian organized crime dominates drug distribution inside prisons. How much reach they have outside prison is less clear, but it wouldn't be surprising if they are constantly on their phones arranging deals. It's not unreasonable to suggest that there is a connection between these things," he said.

Albanian criminals are mainly imprisoned for drug-related offences or theft. They specialise in growing cannabis, which has allowed them to replace the Vietnamese as the main domestic suppliers of the drug to Britain, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Albanian gangs, which previously specialized in cocaine, switched to cannabis because it was "very, very low risk."

Cannabis brings in significant profits due to high demand, with Britons consuming 240 tonnes of this drug per year, worth £2.4 billion, and it does not require dangerous cross-border transport, as it is cultivated domestically.

The surge in the number of Albanians crossing the Channel in 2022, when 12,685 people arrived in the UK in small boats, has provided a ready source of illegal workers, skilled in the hydroponic technology needed to grow plants in darkened rooms of houses, where all the windows are closed.

He emphasizes that not all nationalities pose the same criminal risk.

"Albanians alone are responsible for more international calls from prisons than the US, Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany and France combined. Afghans, Iraqis and Pakistanis also account for a disproportionate number," he added.

The 10 countries with the highest number of calls were: Albania (157,962), Ireland (73,541), USA (57,867), Poland (37,691), Romania (37,307), France (33,844), India (32,581), Spain (30,668), Italy (28,110) and Germany (27,278).

Calls are allowed from prison phones, but numbers must be approved in advance. Calls can be monitored when prison officials believe there may be a risk of criminal activity./ TheTelegraph


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