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ALARM from Paraguay: The Albanian mafia is also settling here, the "ÇOPJA" clan trafficked 28 tons of cocaine in one year!

2025-12-12 12:58:56Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
ALARM from Paraguay: The Albanian mafia is also settling here, the
The "Copja" clan

After Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil, the Albanian mafia is establishing itself in Paraguay. The alarm has been raised by the director of Immigration in this country.

Albanian criminals have been caught trying to enter the country through Bolivia using Argentine passports. The country's media reports that the Çopja clan had strong ties in Paraguay.

The Director of Immigration, Jorge Kronawetter, revealed this Thursday that members of the so-called " Balkan Mafia ", a kind of criminal "syndicate" that unites crime structures from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, have attempted to enter Paraguayan territory.

The discovery was made at border checkpoints located on the border with Bolivia. However, the alert brought attention back to Paraguay's vulnerability to organized crime.

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The information was made known within the framework of the first regional meeting of the Athens Network, a cooperation program of the European Union with Latin America, called Eurofront, held for the first time in Paraguay.

Kronawetter explained that the data provided by this network has been essential for identifying criminals.

Members of the "Balkan Mafia" used documents from Argentine citizens to evade controls and cross borders without hindrance.

The presence of persons associated with groups related to terrorist financing was also found.

Some of the members of the criminal network used documents from Argentine citizens to avoid checks and cross the border without problems.

The head of the National Directorate of Immigration said that a wanted person in Brazil, part of this Balkan mafia, had been identified, who was trying to hide behind a Bulgarian passport to reach Bolivia. This individual was deported and handed over to the authorities of that country.

In addition, Kronawetter warned that these criminals usually start their "activities" with minor offenses, such as theft, before moving on to more serious crimes, and almost always try to exploit refugee status to settle in other countries.

Born as a result of the armed conflicts of the 1990s, the " Balkan Mafia " is characterized by a closed and vertical leadership, with strong internal cohesion and dominance in drug trafficking, arms trafficking, human trafficking and money laundering.

Recent transnational investigations led to the dismantling of the mega-operations of this network, responsible for sending large quantities of cocaine to Europe from Latin America, particularly Paraguay.

The arrest of Albanian capo, Franc Çopja, in Belgium, in August 2025, revealed one of Albania's most powerful criminal structures, in which Çopja was one of the leaders.

His organization was accused of trafficking around 28 tons of cocaine in 2020 alone. According to investigators, the network used routes from Paraguay to the European ports of Antwerp in Belgium and Hamburg in Germany.

Franc Çopja's ties to Paraguay were direct and deep, as he frequented the country to finalize the purchase of tons of cocaine from various factions. The operational base in Paraguay was run by brothers Ervis and Ardian Çela, who resided in the country. They were responsible for receiving cocaine from Bolivian producers, storing it, and preparing it for international transport.

The cargoes were sophisticatedly hidden in containers, camouflaged in detergent boxes, paint cans, and tubes of construction glue.

A key collaborator of the Albanian network in Paraguay was Diego Benítez, who used his company, Tupá SA, to ship the hidden drugs. The shipments were then passed across the Brazilian border to head towards Europe.

At the end of November, the Brazilian Federal Police launched "Operation Balkans", which dismantled the "luxury club" of a European group, whose main cell was located in Paraguay and was responsible for flooding the old continent with cocaine.

The local criminal faction controlled the entire logistical cycle of drugs, from their purchase in the Andean countries to their departure to Brazilian ports used as exits to Europe./syri


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