Europe's New Cocaine Kings: The Albanian Mafia | The War on Drugs

The Albanian Mafia is the new power in international drug trafficking.

Over the past decade, organized crime groups from Albania have taken over huge sections of the cocaine trade – particularly trafficking to Europe, which has become the biggest coke market in the world.

A lot of myths have sprung up around these Albanian mafia networks – about how they operate and the violence they inflict.

We separate truth from fiction – showing how the Albanian crime groups maintain their power, and how they have revolutionized the cocaine trade using innovation, entrepreneurial flair and deadly violence.

00:00 Intro
01:00 The New Power in International Drug Trafficking
03:01 Revolutionizing the Cocaine Trade
05:09 Myths & Misconceptions
07:20 How the Mafia Networks Operate

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