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Erald Mema, the man who "flooded" Great Britain with cocaine, is repatriated to Albania

2024-06-07 08:39:02Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Erald Mema, the man who "flooded" Great Britain with cocaine, is
Erald Mema

Erald Mema, the 39-year-old Albanian, also described as the crime boss who flooded Great Britain, will be repatriated to Albania.

According to foreign media, the 39-year-old, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the "huge" smuggling operation, will serve less than half of his sentence as he will be transferred to an Albanian prison, where he will have access even in the visiting room.

He is one of nearly 40 of Albania's most dangerous criminals convicted in the UK and selected to serve the rest of their sentence in their country under a deal in which the UK is paying Albania more than £4m pounds to return them to their country.

Mema was convicted at Oxford Crown Court in 2018 of smuggling millions of pounds worth of cocaine into the UK as the boss of an organized crime group which the judge said "profited massively from what was a huge drug operation ".

He was transferred to a high-security prison in Albania under a deal designed to tackle prison overcrowding by allowing up to 200 of Albania's worst criminals, including murderers, rapists and drug lords, to complete their sentences. them in place.

Under the agreement, sentences given to criminals in the UK must be in line with Albanian criminal policy, which only carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison for drug dealers like Mema. Had he remained in Britain, he would have been released halfway through his 25-year sentence. However, his transfer means he can only serve 10 years if the Albanian equivalent of the parole board grants him freedom, according to his lawyer.

In Albania, prisoners can use special rooms in prison for up to four hours a month to spend time with their partners, unlike in the UK where conjugal visits are not allowed.

Other benefits include weekly food and clothing packages from family members, personal cooking facilities and up to seven days' leave for good behaviour.

The prisoner transfer scheme with Albania was launched to reduce the number of foreign prisoners in the UK as part of measures to tackle the overcrowding crisis amid fears prisons could run out of space. More than 10,000 foreign nationals - one in eight of the total - are currently held in prisons in England and Wales, with Albanians making up the largest contingent with 1,323 currently incarcerated. The UK government is giving Albania €5m (£4.3m) to pay for prison renovations, extra security, workshops, rehabilitation equipment and guard training. This comes on top of €36.50 per day per prisoner for the duration of their sentence, which the Ministry of Justice estimates would cost £4 million a year if all 200 of the most dangerous Albanian prisoners were transferred.


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