British police: Albanian gangs, most ruthless in our country's history

Unprecedented Albanian criminals operating in Britain are kidnapping elderly relatives of gang rivals, tactics that are being called “harac with older people”.

Police on the island have discovered that gangs mock parents and grandparents of other organised crime families, hold them hostage, and demand money, drugs, or territory in exchange for their safe release.

The Mail On Sunday” reports that crime lords from Albania are very violent and ruthless that they have usurped gangs that have traditionally been involved with drugs in most of England, and are now sending large sums of money to houses hidden in cars, Time.net broadcasts.

According to recent data it turns out that 32 thousand Albanians of Albania live in Britain, but a large number of them -- 572 -- are in prison almost one in 50.

Details of these gangs have been revealed to police chiefs during a conference in London last week.

Kathryn Holloway, Police and Crime Commissioner in Bedfordshire, has told of “” The Mail on Sunday”: “You can imagine how ruthless they are. Some of the traditional gangs have been merged, faced with the strong brutality of Albanians. These are undoubtedly the most ruthless gangs Britain has ever seen. They're prepared to kidnap rivals in debt of just 200 pounds”.

“They kidnap elderly relatives of rival gangs and exploit them to rob money, drugs or territory. This is causing a huge headache to British police”, she said.

She stressed that this practice is being known as “harac with aged”.

Holloway also showed how police have discovered that Albanian gangsters are moving large amounts of money outside Britain in specially adapted cars.

During this year, Vladimir Cahan and his wife have been caught smuggling 130,000 euros through the Canal Tunnel in their car.

When bordering dogs trained for sniffing searched their Audi's car at the Folkestone terminal, they found the money hidden inside the table of instruments.

The National Anti-Crime Agency (NCA) this year warned: Albanian “crime groups have exerted great influence within organised crime in Britain”.

They stand behind the country's main cocaine supply and are also involved in trafficking with people and prostitution.

The NCA has conducted 400 operations against their activities only last year, with auto-laundering limits, beauty salons and public homes forcing their fellow citizens without support to work.