
A new report from the Spanish Prosecutor's Office has revealed some of the many mafia groups operating in the country.
Among them are gangster groups to full-fledged mafia organizations, who have chosen to settle in Spain and make it the global epicenter for transnational organized crime.
Some of the world's most dangerous mafias have targeted Andalusia, turning Malaga and especially Marbella into a hub for sophisticated criminals.
The revelations come from the recently published 2024 Annual Report of the Fiscal General del Estado (FGE) , which details how gangs are evolving, where they operate and how violence is intensifying.
The report also talks about the Albanian mafia, and reveals an interesting detail about their collaboration with the Chinese mafia.
"They collaborate with Albanians in Malaga and Marbella, while also running large counterfeiting schemes, making them key players in both the smuggling and money laundering aspects of this business," the report says.
Albanian mafia in the Spanish Prosecutor's Office report:
Albanian gangs have quickly established a place as one of the most powerful drug organizations in Spain.
They dominate indoor marijuana cultivation in Granada, overtaking traditional local clans and running sophisticated container smuggling operations through Valencia.
In Malaga, they have even been documented working side by side with Chinese gangs in large cocaine and money laundering operations.
A major operation on the Costa del Sol last year led to the arrest of 30 people - including an Albanian criminal - in an operation that seized 3.2 tonnes of cocaine smuggled from Ecuador to the Costa del Sol.
In July of this year, Albanian mafia boss Juxhin Drazhi, one of the most wanted drug criminals in Europe, was arrested while trying to leave his luxury villa in Almuñecar, Granada.