New details: The connections of Luka Beqiraj, the Albanian who was executed in Spain, are revealed

2026-11-12 19:00:14Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

New details: The connections of Luka Beqiraj, the Albanian who was executed in

New details have been published regarding the murder of 39-year-old Vlora man Luka Beqiraj, known by the nickname "Kriols", who was executed with a hail of bullets on Tuesday in the province of Alicante.

The 39-year-old is described by Spanish media as a person with a criminal past and is suspected of having been involved in Italian-Albanian mafia groups linked to international drug and arms trafficking.

In 2016, he was arrested in Albania, suspected of having inflicted serious violence on another person, seriously injuring him.

Three years later, in 2019, Beqiraj was arrested again during the large-scale operation “Fiori di Primavera” (Spring Flowers), conducted by the Italian police. The operation involved more than 100 officers and led to the arrest of 27 people, after two years of investigation. Among those arrested in this operation was Beqiraj’s name. 

The criminal group he is suspected of being linked to was based in the province of Lecce, in southern Italy, while its reach also included other regions, such as Calabria, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Sicily, Liguria and Lombardy. 

The perpetrator of the murder, who shot the 39-year-old in the Playa Flamenca area, is still being sought. So far, one of the investigation's leads is that the murder may have been committed to settle scores, due to debts that Beqiraj may have had from his criminal past.


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