Americans Warned New Drug Gangs Making Inroads Across US
Summary
Former undercover narcotics officer Neil Woods says Albanian criminal groups have expanded their role in the U.S. cocaine trade through international links, including connections with Brazilian organized crime. U.S. cocaine purity rose from 86 percent in 2023 to 88 percent in 2024 in wholesale samples analyzed by the DEA.Key Facts
- Neil Woods spent 14 years infiltrating drug gangs in the United Kingdom.
- Woods says Albanian criminal groups have made inroads in the U.S. and could gain influence in its cocaine market.
- Woods identified links between Albanian and Brazilian organized crime as a route connecting South American supply networks with the U.S.
- The DEA found that average cocaine purity in analyzed wholesale samples rose from 86 percent in 2023 to 88 percent in 2024.
- In 2013, federal prosecutors in New York announced convictions of 49 members and associates of an international Albanian crime syndicate for drug trafficking offenses.
- That syndicate distributed drugs in several states, including New York, California, Georgia, Colorado and Florida.
- Sky News investigators found social-media advertisements in Britain recruiting people to sell drugs, including a cocaine-selling job advertised at £280 per day.
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