A day ago, the Mexican daily El Universal disclosed a report of Mexico’s anti-trafficking authorities, which reported that the Sinaloa Cartel had formed an alliance with the Albanian mafia and is massively laundering money in Albania. According to Mexican authorities, cartel leader Ismael Zambada García, known as El Mayo, has established close ties with the Albanian brothers Luftar, Arben, Fatos, and Ramiz Hysa.

Unknown to the wider public to this day, apparently the partners of the Sinaloa cartel are not unknown to the government. The first photo in the gallery was taken on October 2, 2020. It shows three persons leaving a meeting with the Prime Minister. The tall person on the right is former German CDU-CSU MP Mark Haupmann. The one in the middle is Luftar Hysa, whom the Mexican authorities identify as a partner of the Sinaloa cartel, and on the left is Besnik Lulaj, the owner of Marina Bay in Vlora.

In the second photo, Luftar Hysa and Angela Merkel's party former MP look even clearer while they are leaving the Albanian Prime Minister’s office. The pictures have been published on Dosja.al since October 4, 2020, but the article was entirely focused on the visit of the former German MP, since at that time no one knew who the persons escorting Haupmann were. But MCN TV has managed to identify them as Luftar Hysa and Besnik Lulaj, who were received by the Prime Minister. Along with the trio was Dorian Duçka, an adviser to the Prime Minister for foreign investments, who apparently was also the organizer of the meeting.

This is one of the biggest scandals ever that has involved the Albanian government. The partners of the biggest drug trafficker in the world, Ismael Zambada, who, according to the Mexican intelligence authorities, are laundering Sinaloa Cartel’s money through investments in the Albanian tourism, were welcomed in a meeting right in the Prime Minister’s office.

The pictures show clearly that the Sinaloa Cartel has managed to reach the highest office of the Albanian government, to the Prime Minister, making the scandal even deeper. In what capacity was Mr. Hysa received in the Prime Ministry? Who brought together a former German MP with a person accused of close ties to the Sinaloa Cartel? What was the purpose of the meeting? These are the questions that arise naturally after these pictures that plunge the Albanian government into another huge scandal.