Dritan Rexhepi
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Legal status
Convicted
convicted
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Profile
Described by Europol reporting as the alleged leader of Kompania Bello, an Albanian-speaking cocaine network. He was detained in Ecuador and sentenced there in 2015 to 13 years for cocaine trafficking. Reports say he kept running the group from prison. InSight Crime reported he was released quietly, and was last seen in January 2022 at prison check-ins.
Response from Dritan Rexhepi
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Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 2015
Kompania Bello: Albanian-speaking cocaine network (Operation Los Blancos)
Europol and Eurojust describe Kompania Bello as one of Europe's most active Albanian-speaking cocaine networks. A joint investigation team led by Italy, with the Netherlands and support from Eurojust…
Status: Operation concluded in 2020 with arrests and seizures. Later Belgium-Spain operations are reported but not linked in the sources reviewed.
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Connections
Open the map →- Investigation→Kompania Bello: Albanian-speaking cocaine network (Operation Los Blancos)Source label: Officially reported
Alleged leader (Europol)
Evidence: Europol and Eurojust describe Kompania Bello; Rexhepi named as alleged leader in reporting.
Timeline
International
Operation Los Blancos raids (Kompania Bello) across about ten countries
Early-morning raids on 15 Sept 2020 across about ten countries, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust from a joint command room. Close to 4 tonnes of cocaine and over EUR 5.5m in cash were seized over the investigation.
Linked: Kompania Bello: Albanian-speaking cocaine network (Operation Los Blancos) · Dritan Rexhepi · Denis Matoshi
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 3 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Eurojust
- Date
- 17 Sep 2020
- Publisher
- InSight Crime
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- unknown