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The luxurious life of Dritan Gjika, arrested in the United Arab Emirates, how the Albanian mafia boss "camouflaged" it in Ecuador!

2025-05-26 22:45:46Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The luxurious life of Dritan Gjika, arrested in the United Arab Emirates, how

Dritan Gjika, the 47-year-old Albanian identified as the head of a criminal organization based in Ecuador, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates.

He was internationally wanted by Interpol for drug trafficking, money laundering and involvement in a criminal organization.

According to official migration data, Gjika first entered Ecuador in 2009 on a tourist visa.

In the following years, he presented himself as a successful businessman, while authorities discovered that his real activities were linked to the underworld, particularly in the country's coastal area.

He lived in luxury, with expensive, armored cars and residential properties, trying to mask his criminal activity through the facade of a normal and successful life, reports Ecuadorian media outlet El Universo.

Gjika had built a well-organized network that trafficked drugs from the Cauca Valley in Colombia to Ecuador, where the narcotics were stored on farms and then sent to ports to be loaded into containers.

The companies used for this process were presented as legitimate businesses, while the trafficking route included Ecuador and Spain, with final destinations in Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey and Albania.

According to authorities, Gjika had set up a complex structure of associates who covered logistics, payments and asset transfers on behalf of third parties, to hide the source of the income.

He was under surveillance due to suspected links to Rubén Cherres, a figure known in Ecuador for his influence in public enterprises and for trying to influence political appointments. Cherres was later killed under mysterious circumstances.

Gjika, who also possessed Ecuadorian documents, ran businesses from the city of Guayaquil, including an import company.

In 2024, a joint operation between Ecuadorian and Spanish authorities led to the dismantling of his criminal network. During this operation, 30 people were arrested in the provinces of Guayas, Los Ríos, Cotopaxi, Azuay, Santa Elena and El Oro. Those arrested were citizens of Ecuador, Spain, Argentina, Colombia and China.

A total of 57 surprise checks were carried out, 40 in Ecuador and 17 in Spain, with the participation of around 750 law enforcement officers.

Investigations revealed that the network trafficked drugs through legal cargo, such as bananas, which served to disguise the drugs in containers. Through 10 companies suspected of money laundering, six in Ecuador and four in Spain, over $32 million was laundered.

Police also stated that the organization used encrypted banknotes to identify transactions, while a Chinese national was responsible for the circulation of money within Ecuadorian territory.

The capture of Dritan Gjika was made possible thanks to the cooperation between the Interpol unit in Ecuador and its partners in Abu Dhabi, within the framework of the international project PAcCTO 2.0, which enabled the exchange of information on arrest and extradition procedures.

In February 2024, the Ecuadorian Attorney General's Office officially identified Gjika as the leader of the Albanian mafia network in the country, after a search conducted at a luxury apartment in Guayaquil.


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