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Drug rivals were going to kidnap the leader of an Albanian gang, Europol destroys the mercenary group (PHOTOS)

2025-11-13 11:50:16Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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On November 12, 2025, Europol announced that it had supported a major international operation led by Germany, which led to the destruction of a group of mercenaries hired by a criminal network to kidnap the leader of a rival drug trafficking gang of Albanian origin.

The operation, which involved law enforcement authorities from Denmark, France, Latvia and the United Kingdom, focused on Latvian nationals with previous experience in the French Foreign Legion. These individuals, professionally trained and equipped with advanced tools, were acting on behalf of an organized crime organization that had contracted the kidnapping of the head of an Albanian drug ring, following the theft of several tons of cannabis worth millions of euros.

On the day of the operation, four people were arrested in different European countries – Denmark, France, Latvia and the United Kingdom, while two others, previously detained in Germany, have already been convicted by the court. Europol played a key role in coordinating the operation, ensuring the real-time exchange of operational information and the analysis of criminal data.

Europol experts were deployed to Nice, France, to assist investigators on the ground and to verify data through the agency's databases, providing immediate leads that led to coordinated arrests.

According to Europol, this operation is part of a growing trend called "Violence as a Service", where trained perpetrators, often former soldiers or mercenaries, offer their services to carry out violent acts on behalf of criminal groups.

In this case, some of those arrested were former members of special forces and the French Foreign Legion, who had exploited their military experience for criminal purposes.

European authorities warn that this is an alarming phenomenon emerging after the war in Ukraine, where trained former fighters may use the skills acquired at the front for organized crime.

According to Europol, Europe risks facing a significant increase in mercenaries returning from war, who may engage in criminal activities on behalf of cross-border mafia groups.

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