Not only the Albanian escort in coveted places like Dubai, but also the opposite.
From Chinese and Filipinas, Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians and Kazakhs, and even Latinos; Spanish, Venezuelan and Colombian.
Foreign girls who are recruited through websites and then managed by Albanian citizens or foreigners for prostitution, against a certain percentage, up to exploitation through threats, blackmail and even violence.
The most recent case (the sixth in the last two years), was the one of today, when the Tirana Police announced the dismantling of an organized prostitution network, up to fines, led by a Chinese citizen who was arrested and her friend her declared wanted. 7 escort girls are also being prosecuted.
The strategy is almost the same, the provision of apartments through AirBNB for rent from the Internet and in this way, mainly from the "Eurogirlsescort" escort site, their recruitment, albanjaja.com reports.
But not everything goes as it should for young women who seek higher earnings in European countries like Albania, because they can even risk their lives. Such was the precedent of Durrës in March of this year, as the tutor from Shijak, already arrested, flew from the window of the hotel where he was staying to "Plepat", a Spanish escort.
The police further discovered 5 more girls that they detained and prosecuted, from Venezuela and Colombia, as well as a pimp from Spain implicated. Or the case struck today in the capital, where the escorts were blackmailed to pay up to 15 thousand euros to release them from the obligation, or were held hostage. Even in one case, those used for prostitution were 2 boys of foreign nationality.
During this year, at least 4 cases are counted and an increase in the number of foreign escorts coming to Albania is noticed, also as a result of the tourist season and business of this nature growing with demand and supply.
Payments ranging from 100-300 euros per customer and where profits are best shared. The girls are also equipped with a special "weapon", luring customers with narcotics, mainly cocaine, which they also use to cope with the workload and stress.
The data show that there are also girls from other countries, such as Ecuador, Thailand or Turkey. And their bases are mainly located in Tirana, where they provide apartments for rent and where there is a greater number of population or money circulation, the coastal area of Durrës, which is overpopulated by tourists, as well as the southern coast, mainly Vlora and Saranda.
September 30, 2022
Seven foreign citizens were arrested by the Police in Tirana after they had come to our country to practice prostitution. The foreign girls, aged 21-30, were of Spanish, Colombian, Venezuelan and Russian nationalities. At the head of the prostitution exploitation scheme was 30-year-old Beisi Yusmar Rojas Ruiz, from Colombia, who had recruited other young women to exploit them for prostitution.
Illegal activity was carried out in some areas of the capital, in rented apartments.
The investigations have been carried out since February 2022, within the coded operation "Contact", as the passports of the girls were also blocked.
March 6, 2024
A prostitution network with foreign girls was also discovered in Durrës, as there was also a dramatic incident before the police action was finalized. 23-year-old Darjana Linares, born in Barcelona, was pushed from the second floor of the hotel where she had agreed to have sex, after a conflict with 39-year-old Ismet Zoto. As a result, she was slightly injured. This was announced by the blues of Durrës, emphasizing that the five girls originating from Venezuela, Colombia and Spain, were criminally prosecuted for practicing prostitution in the hotel where they lived, rented in Durrës.
The girls were between the ages of 23 and 46, who were criminally prosecuted and taken under investigation for prostitution by the Prosecutor's Office. As for Zoto, from Shijaku, he escaped after the incident and was caught later, as he was also suspected of being a pimp. According to the investigation file, the girls entered Albania on February 5, 2024 and admitted that they offered sexual services against payment.
The girls have testified that they carried out the illegal activity independently, claiming that they did not have a person who managed or pressured them. They claimed that they sent the money they earned to their families and the payments went up to 200 euros per client.
May 3, 2024
Another prostitution network was discovered in Tirana, when a 29-year-old citizen from Venezuela was found to be using two young boys of foreign nationality (homosexuals) as sex workers. The suspect Guzman Gil Raibel Joisquel, as well as one of the boys who practiced prostitution, 31-year-old Daniele De Carli, have been arrested by the police. While the 19-year-old with the initials AS, was processed in a free state. According to the investigations, the tutor from Venezuela used the other two citizens, who had come from different countries, for prostitution in Albania.
They were accommodated in a rented apartment, on "Kongresi i Tirana" street, and through an internet site, they created contacts with different people, in order to practice prostitution, against payments of 150-300 euros. The operation was coded "ET-1", in a rented apartment on "Kongresi i Tirana" street, and management was done from a website.
May 6, 2024
Four people, including 3 foreigners, were put under investigation in Durrës, after being accused of practicing prostitution. At that time, the police announced that the action was carried out in the apartment of a building in neighborhood no. 4. As material evidence, 3 passports, 5 mobile phones and sums of money in various currencies suspected to have benefited from this criminal activity were seized.
"For this case, the materials were referred to the Prosecutor's Office, where the proceedings were started in free status for the citizen RG, 20 years old, resident of Durrës, as well as for the citizens NB, 56 years old, TS, 28 years old and AP, 36 years old (with American citizenship and Belarusian)", the police announced. The suspects were accused of practicing prostitution by providing clients through management on the website.
June 26, 2024
A 29-year-old man was handcuffed by the Tirana Police in another action, after he was accused of using several foreign girls for prostitution.
The suspect Tritan Guni was arrested, while the police announced his sister, Bukurije Guni, as an accomplice. Three women from Kazakhstan and 1 from Colombia have been part of the 'Escort Tirana' group. Tritan and Bukurije Guni allegedly took foreign girls up to 250 euros for the sexual relations they performed, while they provided them with a place to stay. The action was coded "Foreign". The investigations started in 2023. The girls were aged 44, 39, 32 and 25.