The newspaper DE TELEGRAAF has dedicated an article to the murder of Bekimi Halili, who was found hanged in Belgium.
The article states that the young Albanian could have been the victim of revenge in the world of drug trafficking.
DE TELEGRAAF points out that Halili was convicted in 2017 in the United Kingdom.
It is also written that the Albanian and his gang, who were illegally in the country, were supplying the southern English city of Southampton with cocaine.
The DE TELEGRAAF newspaper also mentions that in Belgium, the homicide sector at the Federal Judicial Police in Brussels is investigating the case.
At the end of the article, it is written that the investigation is still ongoing, but it is suspected that the victim was most likely a drug criminal.
The shocking news about the man who was found lifeless on Sunday, hanging from a traffic sign on the Brussels ring road, has also reached Albania.
Media there report that the victim is 28-year-old Bekim H. He is originally from the village of Bicaj, near Kukës, a city in northern Albania, not far from the border with Kosovo.
It was Brussels road workers who found the body.
Initially, well-informed sources near the police and prosecution said that the person could have been the victim of a revenge attack in the world of drug trafficking.
Afterwards, the Brussels prosecutor's office issued a press release, saying that an investigation has been opened and that suicide cannot be ruled out.
But now Albanian media has revealed his identity: Bekim H. He was reportedly convicted in 2017 in Great Britain.
He and his gang, who were illegally in the country, supplied the southern English city of Southampton with cocaine.
They had a car, an Opel Astra, inside which they had built secret spaces.
In these premises, police found cocaine worth £140,000, as well as £30,000 in cash. Bekim H., then 21, was sentenced to seven years in prison.
The other three people also received long-term prison sentences.
Conflict in the drug world
H. was eventually released from prison and would then go to Belgium to resume drug trafficking, together with the main leader of his former gang.
Renowned Albanian journalist Artan Hoxha has investigated the case and now claims that Bekim H. did not end his life himself, but was "kidnapped, executed and then hanged there" - a settling of scores in the drug world.
Conflict between large groups
The motive, according to Hoxha, is also clear.
As previously mentioned, Bekim H. would have resumed activity in Belgium with his associates, but they are said to have lost a large amount of cocaine in the port of Antwerp.
It is still not known exactly who is behind the murder. According to the Albanian journalist, it is a "conflict between large groups."
For Bekim H., Albanian media also writes that he had gone to England for a better life. "His father is disabled and his sister has problems."
Mexican drug cartels
Albanian media also makes a comparison with Mexican drug cartels, which hang the bodies of rival gang members on bridges.
"The fact that such a boy ends up in this way 'in the heart of Europe' is incredible and immediately shows the shocking proportions that this (drug) phenomenon has taken," the journalist says.
Antwerp is described as the "cocaine capital and former diamond capital".
In Belgium, the homicide section of the Federal Judicial Police in Brussels is investigating the case.
Neither the prosecution nor the police have yet confirmed the victim's identity.
However, it has been announced that the victim "was most likely a drug criminal."
Well-informed sources insist that so far suicide remains the most 'plausible' scenario, but "all scenarios remain open."