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Artan Hoxha: Mond Çekici, the brain of the Shijak gang! He managed the port of Durres
2025-10-09 00:04:35 / AKTUALITET
Journalist Artan Hoxha has stated that Durrës is the second city after Tirana in terms of criminal groups.
Invited to the show "Opinion", Hoxha explained the relationships between the gangs of Durrës, considering the person known as Mond Çekiçi (killed in 2021) as the brains of the Shijak gang, adding that he managed the port of Durrës in terms of cocaine importation.
Hoxha recalled several serious criminal events, including the assassination attempt on Plarent Dervishaj in 2018 and the murder of driver Andi Maloku in 2019 in the car of prosecutor Arjan Ndoja (now a member of parliament), as part of clashes between gangs.
"Let's refer to SKY ECC, how organized crime operates. When SKY was opened, the head of Interpol at the time said that we are only seeing a snowflake from the tip of the iceberg."
First, we have an event that there was an assassination attempt in June 2018 against Plarent Dervishaj. That day I said that the war had just begun in Durrës. From time to time, battles are heard, and Durrës is the most important city in Albania, after Tirana, because it is the port. And the next assassination is in 2019, where Rrumi is hit in the prosecutor's car and the innocent driver, Andi Maloku, 23 years old, dies. The most innocent in that story.
Events continued, the battles between the groups became clear. These two groups that SPAK has identified from this file are from Shijak. Durrës is something else, it is the sea. Shijak is a hill. From time to time they make compromises and divide their areas. ", said Hoxha.
According to the journalist, Mond Çekici (later killed) had taken control of the management and cleaning of the Port of Durres through tenders, demonstrating a strong influence of organized crime on the economy and infrastructure.
"Then Edmond Keçi or Mond Çekiçi is killed, he was the brain of the Durrës gang, which had its origins, where they include Lulzim Berisha, Plarent Dervishaj. But Mond Çekiçi was the brain. Why? Because Çekiçi had won the tender with letters and had the management and cleaning of the Port of Durrës. From that moment on, the situation begins that cocaine is no longer seized in Durrës. The port, the city, was taken under control. This panorama shows us that these two groups are not allies, but at a certain moment their interests coincide. ", added Hoxha.
The journalist said that SPAK also raised questions about the positions of some characters in the criminal world who speak positively about the prime minister . "What surprises me in this story is how SPAK always raises questions about why the criminal guys speak well of the prime minister." But according to Hoxha, criminal groups will always speak well of the government.
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