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The group consisted of sixteen members, most of whom had prior criminal records. Çaushi himself had been imprisoned in a high-security prison in Greece after being convicted of serious criminal offenses. However, in February 1997, he managed to escape from prison and returned to southern Albania.
Most leaders had been imprisoned in Greece but suddenly escaped and returned to Albania. The most notable case is that of Zani Caushi, who escaped from the high-security prison in Larissa in February 1997 and, with a group of associates, established the gang of Çole in Vlorë.
The High Court of Albania ruled that his right to a defence lawyer had been violated, Dajti's sentence was reduced to 25 years. In 2024 his life sentence was reinstated and he is currently housed at the Peqin prison in the Elbasan area along with other Albanian Mafia bosses [ 2 ] Dajti received medical treatment in 2021.
Episode 9: Peru/Peruvian Prison Break. Tina Myers is an exotic dancer and part time drug dealer. After she decides to make money on a Peruvian drug run, she embarks on a dangerous ride to the dark side of Peru's underworld, culminating in an insane prison escape. Episode 10: Panama/Miami Mobster Take Down
He appeared to advance Albanian interests in the U.S. after he asked for and received roughly $225,000 in 2017 from a man who had worked for an Albanian intelligence agency, prosecutors said.
The Albanian mafia is very active in the drug business in the city of Bari, where it established alliances with the city's crime groups, in particular with the Strisciuglio clan. [41] Albanian criminal groups are also responsible for trafficking weapons of war into Bari and its province. Among the figures of the Albanian mafia operating in Bari ...
Lapušnik prison camp was a detention camp (also referred to as a prison) that was operated by the Kosovo Liberation Army, an Albanian militant organization, near the city of Drenas in central Kosovo during the Kosovo War. It was operational in early 1998 and inmates were subject to intimidation, imprisonment, violence and murder.
Operation Alba was launched in response to the serious social crisis that had followed the collapse of major pyramid schemes in Albania in early 1997. The loss of many Albanians' life savings invested in these schemes, in addition to dissatisfaction with political corruption and recent electoral irregularities, caused large parts of the country to rise in rebellion against the Albanian government.