Secret meeting in Argentina; Uruguayan media: DEA warns of Albanian mafia’s advance in the region!

Representatives of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) met in early August with regional police authorities in Buenos Aires regarding the expansion of the Albanian mafia on the continent. According to Uruguayan media, authorities have recorded entries of Albanian nationals into the country in recent months, while most of them are suspected of having traveled for tourism.

However, Uruguayan authorities have emphasized that these movements are being monitored because Albanian nationality is considered high-risk, as it is suspected they may be linked to some criminal group in Uruguay.

The Buenos Aires meeting, according to reports, is linked to regional authorities’ efforts to identify and monitor possible activities of international criminal organizations.

“In early August, representatives of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) met with regional police authorities in Buenos Aires. Among the topics discussed was concern over the expansion of the Albanian mafia on the continent. In recent months, entries of Albanian nationals into the country have been recorded, but most, according to police sources, have been for tourism, and some of them were accommodated in hotels near Carrasco Airport due to the cancellation of their flight. In the same way, these movements are being monitored because it concerns a nationality considered high-risk, but police emphasize that up to this moment no activity of this criminal group has been observed in Uruguay,” the article states.