How is the Albanian Mafia setting up : locally, nationally and in Europe
François Farcy, december 2002

Thanks to Alain, Bernd, Dominique, Henri, Jean-Marie, Marc, les Michel's, Véronique and the others
Thanks to Thierry for his superb support

This paper is the result of a plan elaborated during 18 months by the Judiciairy Service, part of the Belgian Federal Police in the District of Verviers.
It has no grudge against the Albanian people which are the first victim of their own mafia. Remember Mother Teresa was Albanian: So one can understand that this people is capable of great feats.

This project was mostly a human venture rallying investigators and responsible men seeing the Albanian criminality infiltrate their district.
It is an adventure because the plan could only develop in a sound atmosphere of work and comradeship, sine qua non requirement for everyone's motivation and for eliminating the numerous encountered obstacles.

It is also a challenge, the district environment being not fated for such a plan: this sort of plans are mostly tackled by bigger services which possess a richest human and material potential, with the back up of pre-existing investigative material.
It is still a challenge for the legislation and the available means in Belgium are far from sufficient for an effectively fight against the organized crime.

The Verviers District

The Albanian criminality's surge in Europe and Belgium

The local setting

The structure and its workings

Profile and origin of the members

The criminal activities

The setting up in Belgium

At the international level