View Full Version : Albanian hit men on hire in London for £5,000
VanZorich
03-23-2009, 04:55 AM
The London Daily News
http://www.thelondondailynews.com/albanian-hire-london-%C2%A35000-p-2560.html
Want someone murdered? Albanian hitmen are touting for business in London, apparently without any fear of the law are we living in Chicago or a scene of the "Goodfellas"
News Desk
The London Daily News has discovered that professional Albanian assassins are "touting" for business in the capital claiming to be able to "take out" targets for as little as £5,000.
In an under cover investigation into criminal gangs operating in north London Albanians who fought in the KLA during the bloody Balkans conflict against Serbia, now have now established themselves as formidable figures in the London's underworld. Experienced users of guns and knives the Albanians are one of the most able assassins in London.
The war in Kosovo fuelled the spread of the Albanian Mafia after numerous gangsters disguised as Kosovar ‘refugees’ found their way into European countries, especially the UK now over ten years since the troubles in the Balkans.
One leading Albanian gangster who spoke to the London Daily News said:
"We can use guns, we control the prostitutes in Soho and we are investing in London heavily. We fear no one and the law cannot do anything to stop us."
Our reporter discovered that to have someone "taken out" according to the unwritten laws in London's criminal underworld, the going rate is around £5,000 with Albanian's using either guns or knives to eliminate the target.
The Albanian mafia is not a pyramid with one leader, rather an organisation with several bosses.
The ownership of the heroin European market, according to police sources from a dozen European countries is in the hands of 30 Albanian mafia families. Each of these families control a specific area of Kosovo which is the main transit point for all drugs.
The Drenica area, which goes through Prizren, Klin and Istok connects Montenegro and FYROM is controlled by the Drenica group whose main profit is drugs, weapons, stolen automobiles, white slavery, cigarettes and alcohol. This mafia is connected with the Albanian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Czech mafia.
Most influential Albanian families at the moment are Naser Keljmendi, Ekrem Luka, and Redzep Selimi.
Recent FBI report shows that Albanian mafia overtook the Russian and Italian mafia in New York. Same went for several European cities, including London, Berlin and Prague.
The new Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson will have the added headache of dealing with ruthless well organised international criminal gangs.
Now, I'm no fan of the KLA, it's mirror organizations, or their ex-members, but it's not uncommon for the participants of recent Balkan conflicts to turn to crime, or become mercenaries or PMCs.
The Serbian mafia has never been as well-organized or widespread as the Albanian one, but it's certainly well established in the ex-YU, and the bulk of it's hitmen is made up from ex-soldiers with extensive battle experience.
Also, many ex-JSO members are guarding oil-fields in Iraq as we speak.
The reasoning behind these kinds of life decisions is something along the lines of "Better to off people for money than to be a social case".
EDIT: I don't mean to imply that all or most Balkan vets are criminals, the "problematic" element is, after all, a small minority, but certainly a noticeable one.
Gentius
03-23-2009, 07:54 AM
Most influential Albanian families at the moment are Naser Keljmendi, Ekrem Luka, and Redzep Selimi.
LOL thats my neighbour. I know he is pretty rich thanks to his corporation, but he aint the Mafia guy. And this article is baised, full of crap.
a_very_ex_STAB
03-23-2009, 08:34 AM
Shock horror
East European crims also operate in Western Europe.
Tell us something we don't know :roll:
Why single out Albanians and not mention Russians, Ukrainians, Serbs, Turks, Kurds etc etc (apologies if I missed anyone out)?
Breakfast in Vegas
03-23-2009, 08:37 AM
Shock horror
East European crims also operate in Western Europe.
Tell us something we don't know :roll:
Why single out Albanians and not mention Russians, Ukrainians, Serbs, Turks, Kurds etc etc (apologies if I missed anyone out)?The Romanians are very displeased that you failed to mention them. You will be contacted.
VanZorich
03-23-2009, 08:41 AM
LOL thats my neighbour. I know he is pretty rich thanks to his corporation, but he aint the Mafia guy. And this article is baised, full of crap.
Realy? Full of crap you say? Ever tried to look at Interpol page, section "Wanted"?
For example, under nationality "Yugoslavian" there are 12 people listed.
Out of those 12, there are only 3 that are not Albanian. And one of them is Ratko Mladić.
oldsoak
03-23-2009, 08:43 AM
@ex stab they are all British now mate !!
As an aside I knew an Alabanian lad - good worker, dodgy ticket. He told me in his local village, they had broken into the armoury and run the local hoods out with the weapons - and these had arrived in the Uk "in fear of their lives". I found it particularly galling that we were giving food and shelter to a bunch of very nasty types. Meanwhile , his village seems to have swapped one nasty bunch for a new nasty bunch and when they get run out in turn, no doubt they will end up here.
VanZorich
03-23-2009, 08:43 AM
Shock horror
East European crims also operate in Western Europe.
Tell us something we don't know :roll:
Why single out Albanians and not mention Russians, Ukrainians, Serbs, Turks, Kurds etc etc (apologies if I missed anyone out)?
'Cose they didn't take over crime scene in USA and England. Albanians did.
sammy03
03-23-2009, 08:50 AM
In Greece Albanians are used by the "Godfathers" of the night who "sell" protection to the night clubs and also as hitmen.
That's pretty cheap... Vince Cable, you c*nt, I'm coming for you.
a_very_ex_STAB
03-23-2009, 09:04 AM
@ex stab they are all British now mate !!
As an aside I knew an Alabanian lad - good worker, dodgy ticket. He told me in his local village, they had broken into the armoury and run the local hoods out with the weapons - and these had arrived in the Uk "in fear of their lives". I found it particularly galling that we were giving food and shelter to a bunch of very nasty types. Meanwhile , his village seems to have swapped one nasty bunch for a new nasty bunch and when they get run out in turn, no doubt they will end up here.
It's not just here and it's not just Albanians.
For example, one of my wife's family is a cop in Germany. He was shot in the head by a Serbian mobster that he was trying to arrest. Fortunately, he has recovered now.
a_very_ex_STAB
03-23-2009, 09:05 AM
'Cose they didn't take over crime scene in USA and England. Albanians did.
Wassup are you jealous that you're not getting a look in at the moment?
These trends come and go - in a few years time it will be another set of crims causing bother and the Albanians will be a footnote in criminal history.
Russian_dude
03-23-2009, 09:06 AM
LOL thats my neighbour. I know he is pretty rich thanks to his corporation, but he aint the Mafia guy. And this article is baised, full of crap.
And you would know that how? I mean did you ask the guy directly? "Sir, I you a mobster?"
Also, he is your neighbour... hmm.......
Mr Gently Benevolent
03-23-2009, 09:09 AM
'Cose they didn't take over crime scene in USA and England. Albanians did.The Albainians have hardly taken over they pretty much provide goods and services.
21stArmada
03-23-2009, 09:40 AM
Oh yes yes, this fine piece of Journalism is brought to you by none other than The London Daily News. An "online only" publication, which has no funds to print on paper but somehow has plenty of resources to have "in the field" reporters with sufficient credibility to get close to the Albanian mafia.
Two questions on this topic which were clearly brough up on the page: 1) The article states "the bloody Balkans conflict against Serbia" the article attempts to intimate that somehow Serbia was the aggrieved party in that conflict, when we all know that the opposite is true in all cases, in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. And secondly, the names of the allegedly “influential Albanian families” are all full names, not family names, and crucially they are shown in Serbian and not their original Albanian spelling. This begs the question, is your source/journalist/paymaster by any chance Serbian?
This article was easily found by the Serbian propaganda sites like http://serbblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/london-daily-news-albanian-hit-men-on.html (how does one find an archived article on an obscure paper without inside information?) but not so easily on the paper's website.
Lastly and more importantly the same article is run on today's paper, however the Albanians are replaced by Turks..... and the statement made by the Turkish mobster:
""We operate a business here, I have cash, I have men to enforce what we want to happen in our areas and we are fully aware of the law and its limitations.""
sounds very similar to the Albanian one:
"We can use guns, we control the prostitutes in Soho and we are investing in London heavily. We fear no one and the law cannot do anything to stop us."
Well I gues the Turkish and Albanian mobsters must share the same brain, or (I am just shooting in the dark here) the jurnalist is making this all up.
Yes, one must agree, this is a piece of fine and very credible journalism.
VanZorich
03-23-2009, 11:09 AM
Oh yes yes, this fine piece of Journalism is brought to you by none other than The London Daily News. An "online only" publication, which has no funds to print on paper but somehow has plenty of resources to have "in the field" reporters with sufficient credibility to get close to the Albanian mafia.
Two questions on this topic which were clearly brough up on the page: 1) The article states "the bloody Balkans conflict against Serbia" the article attempts to intimate that somehow Serbia was the aggrieved party in that conflict, when we all know that the opposite is true in all cases, in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. And secondly, the names of the allegedly “influential Albanian families” are all full names, not family names, and crucially they are shown in Serbian and not their original Albanian spelling. This begs the question, is your source/journalist/paymaster by any chance Serbian?
This article was easily found by the Serbian propaganda sites like http://serbblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/london-daily-news-albanian-hit-men-on.html (how does one find an archived article on an obscure paper without inside information?) but not so easily on the paper's website.
Lastly and more importantly the same article is run on today's paper, however the Albanians are replaced by Turks..... and the statement made by the Turkish mobster:
""We operate a business here, I have cash, I have men to enforce what we want to happen in our areas and we are fully aware of the law and its limitations.""
sounds very similar to the Albanian one:
"We can use guns, we control the prostitutes in Soho and we are investing in London heavily. We fear no one and the law cannot do anything to stop us."
Well I gues the Turkish and Albanian mobsters must share the same brain, or (I am just shooting in the dark here) the jurnalist is making this all up.
Yes, one must agree, this is a piece of fine and very credible journalism.
Article is for Western use mainly. I don't need this article. I can go on streets and see for my self. And guess what? It's true.
a_very_ex_STAB
03-23-2009, 11:49 AM
Article is for Western use mainly. I don't need this article. I can go on streets and see for my self. And guess what? It's true.
Do you spend much time frequenting the brothels of Soho then or ordering up a contract killer with your takeaway pizzas?
Laworkerbee
03-23-2009, 01:25 PM
Shock horror
East European crims also operate in Western Europe.
Tell us something we don't know :roll:
Why single out Albanians and not mention Russians, Ukrainians, Serbs, Turks, Kurds etc etc (apologies if I missed anyone out)?
How dare you forget the Poles :bash:
V.I.D.
03-23-2009, 01:27 PM
Oh yes yes, this fine piece of Journalism is brought to you by none other than The London Daily News. An "online only" publication, which has no funds to print on paper but somehow has plenty of resources to have "in the field" reporters with sufficient credibility to get close to the Albanian mafia.
Two questions on this topic which were clearly brough up on the page: 1) The article states "the bloody Balkans conflict against Serbia"the article attempts to intimate that somehow Serbia was the aggrieved party in that conflict, when we all know that the opposite is true in all cases, in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. And secondly, the names of the allegedly “influential Albanian families” are all full names, not family names, and crucially they are shown in Serbian and not their original Albanian spelling. This begs the question, is your source/journalist/paymaster by any chance Serbian?
Why don't you explain it to us about the part in bold, genius? I'd love to hear what did Serbia do in all these places?
oldsoak
03-23-2009, 01:30 PM
c'mon Stab, - they do have a sizeable criminal element. Are they the sole perpetrators of crime - absolutely not. Without them, it would be someone else or another group.
Wherever you have illegal immigrants, ghettos etc you will have an ethnic criminal element which is very difficult to crack down on because no-one on a dodgy ticket will come forward. Its true for Somali gangs, Bosnians etc.
fortunately we have a very strict and water tight immigration policy, rigourously enforced, lavishly funded with vast numbers of officers doing thorough background checks on all turning up on our borders......did someone laugh ?
21stArmada
03-23-2009, 02:35 PM
Why don't you explain it to us about the part in bold, genius? I'd love to hear what did Serbia do in all these places?
That would derrail the thread....open a new thread and I will gladly discuss it.
I`m not surprised.
Every country has it`s own mobsters.
Laworkerbee
03-23-2009, 02:52 PM
I`m not surprised.
Every country has it`s own mobsters.
Yes but you Albanians are displacing hardworking English mobsters, have you stopped to think about these men who are being forced out of work?
I thought so you cold, heartless bastard.
ronnieraygun
03-23-2009, 02:55 PM
LOL
Are Scips the Polish plumbers or organized crime?
Oh yes yes, this fine piece of Journalism is brought to you by none other than The London Daily News. An "online only" publication, which has no funds to print on paper but somehow has plenty of resources to have "in the field" reporters with sufficient credibility to get close to the Albanian mafia.
Two questions on this topic which were clearly brough up on the page: 1) The article states "the bloody Balkans conflict against Serbia" the article attempts to intimate that somehow Serbia was the aggrieved party in that conflict, when we all know that the opposite is true in all cases, in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. And secondly, the names of the allegedly “influential Albanian families” are all full names, not family names, and crucially they are shown in Serbian and not their original Albanian spelling. This begs the question, is your source/journalist/paymaster by any chance Serbian?
This article was easily found by the Serbian propaganda sites like http://serbblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/london-daily-news-albanian-hit-men-on.html (how does one find an archived article on an obscure paper without inside information?) but not so easily on the paper's website.
Lastly and more importantly the same article is run on today's paper, however the Albanians are replaced by Turks..... and the statement made by the Turkish mobster:
""We operate a business here, I have cash, I have men to enforce what we want to happen in our areas and we are fully aware of the law and its limitations.""
sounds very similar to the Albanian one:
"We can use guns, we control the prostitutes in Soho and we are investing in London heavily. We fear no one and the law cannot do anything to stop us."
Well I gues the Turkish and Albanian mobsters must share the same brain, or (I am just shooting in the dark here) the jurnalist is making this all up.
Yes, one must agree, this is a piece of fine and very credible journalism.
Get out of here....:bash:
Netzach
03-23-2009, 03:39 PM
£5000 sounds a bit steep. Have no fear, home grown villains should be able to undercut that price, thus
protecting British jobs for British workers.
TheKiwi
03-23-2009, 04:00 PM
Hmm yes, when I was in the UK, 500 quid in the right hands in Brixton could ensure that someone never walked again. 10 x that for a life sounds kind of steep in my opinion.
Netzach
03-23-2009, 04:19 PM
Hmm yes, when I was in the UK, 500 quid in the right hands in Brixton could ensure that someone never walked again.
That so. Sounds more like the wrong hands to me.
Gentius
03-23-2009, 05:06 PM
And you would know that how? I mean did you ask the guy directly? "Sir, I you a mobster?"
Also, he is your neighbour... hmm.......
I know since many of my relatives worked for him and still does. My father and he grew up in the same street, and he still lives in the same street but with a mansion today. Im not trying to defend him, just stating the obvious he aint some Mafia guy or controlling some kind of orginized crime family its all crap, far from it but he is a damn good businessman. End of story.
Walter Sobchak
03-23-2009, 05:50 PM
£5000 sounds a bit steep. Have no fear, home grown villains should be able to undercut that price, thus
protecting British jobs for British workers.
What? Have the bloody British crooks been found redundant? Is the UK now outsourcing their organized crime? I think you need a "Perpetrate British!" campaign.
budgie
03-23-2009, 10:51 PM
I think you guys are missing the real issue here: Are they worth it? For 5 grand will these alleged hitmen do a satisfactory job? I want to know if I'm getting bang for my buck or if they're another source of shoddy foreign labour.
sepheronx
03-23-2009, 10:54 PM
Thats it? 5,000 Pounds? hmmmmmmmmmm...........
(To whomever in authority who is reading this........I am kidding).
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