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Who is Viktor Gjini, the former SHISH agent and the 'head' of the Albanian mafia operating in Chile?
2026-05-19 22:02:58 / AKTUALITET
The Albanian mafia, considered one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Europe, has attempted to open a new route for cocaine trafficking from Chile to Europe, using former intelligence agents and a sophisticated international network of illegal financing.
On Monday, the investigative show Reportajes Teletrece revealed a little-known reality in Chile: the presence of the Albanian mafia in the country's territory and its efforts to open a new cocaine trafficking route to Europe.
The investigation showed that a criminal organization linked to one of the most dangerous mafias in the world attempted to use Chilean ports to ship cocaine to Europe, in an operation that involved Albanian citizens, Chinese financiers and Peruvian security personnel.
At the center of this scheme is Viktor Gjini, an Albanian citizen who, according to the report, worked as an agent for intelligence services after the fall of the communist dictatorship in Albania.
According to the investigation, Gjini arrived in Chile using a Dutch passport and checked into a hotel in Las Condes, where he coordinated meetings to carry out the shipment of around 200 kilograms of cocaine to Europe.
The prosecution described him as a 'highly educated' person, who spoke four languages and had detailed knowledge of exports, ports and sea routes.
"We are talking about a person with high training and skills. He is not an ordinary, low-level trafficker. On the contrary, he speaks four languages, knows the main products that our country exports, knows the routes and names of the ships. And the first thing he says is: 'I want to go to Valparaíso to see how the port works,'" said prosecutor Carlos Ribas from the SAC-ECOH team in Valparaíso.
Its objective was to create a new trafficking route from Chile to Europe using shipping containers. The operation was infiltrated by an undercover Navy agent and monitored by the Carabinieri.
In the end, Gjini was arrested in a shopping mall in the eastern area of Santiago and later convicted of drug trafficking.
According to the Teletrece report, Albanian criminal organizations have a strong presence in the international trafficking of cocaine to Europe. Europol estimates that they are involved in around half of the major drug seizures on the continent.
The investigation shows that these structures operate through highly coordinated international networks, using intermediaries in different countries, secret financing and highly sophisticated verification methods.
One of these methods is the system called 'Guajala', which is used to transfer money between network members without personally knowing each other. The mechanism consists of splitting a dollar bill and using the serial number as a verification code.
The report also reveals that the operation in Chile included meetings in hotels, visits to the port of Valparaíso, coordination with Chinese nationals for the movement of money, and storage of cocaine in a residential building in Recoleta.
The investigation ended with simultaneous arrests in several areas of Santiago and was considered Chile's first major blow to the Albanian mafia./ Syri
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