"I can't mention that they close our door"/ Artan Hoxha about the gangs of Durrës: The balances have been broken, they affect the elections

2023-04-17 21:31:41Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"I can't mention that they close our door"/ Artan Hoxha about the
Artan Hoxha

The journalist of the chronicle, Artan Hoxha, was invited to the show "The Unexposed", where he spoke about the situation of organized crime in the city of Durrës, where the electoral race for the local elections is quite fierce and criminal organizations have influence. 

Hoxha declared that in this city the balance has been broken and all criminal organizations are on the side of the majority. He said that Durrës is very important for crime, because of the Port where cocaine enters, the project to turn the port into a yacht marina, when according to the journalist the crime money will be cleaned and in general because Durrës is a city where cleaning is carried out money in tourism. 

"We are not just dealing with gangs, but we are dealing with criminal organizations, which are genuine criminal structures with an extraordinary impact on the local unit of Durres. Durres as a municipality, is one of the main municipalities, it has not been like this before. Durrës has constantly been in the attention of crime because it has the port and has a large tourist market, where crime money is invested in. Having control in Durrës is very advantageous for the activity in all of Albania.

The pressure exerted by criminal organizations has never before been at the level it is today, at the level of criminality, murders, blackmail, pressures, as well as the rest, in connection and coordination of criminal structures with law enforcement agencies. See how often mortgage directors change in Durrës.

Today Durrës, being the largest port, is the gateway from which cocaine enters the country. 22,000 euros per kilogram of cocaine went. Why? Because there is stock. Those who take control of the port, have interests in the election campaign, want to maintain the status quo. SPAK has several investigations related to criminal organizations, but they have hit organizations that are out of line with the majority.

If before there was some kind of balance, it has now all shifted to the same side. What I see in Durrës is that the balance and equilibrium in the underground world has been broken. I don't know of any big group today, even the ones we can't mention because they close the door... Durrës has become important because the opposition has good chances to win the municipality, that's why they are asked for help. In a local unit where the majority is safe, he does not need an alliance with the underworld.

Criminal organizations in Durrës are very present. I don't know if Mr. Igli Cara (opposition candidate) had direct problems with blackmail and pressure, but what I can say with the data I have on the ground, it turns out that the vast majority of organized crime structures, which deal with drug trafficking, serious crimes, are against Mr. Cara ," said Hoxha. 


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