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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