Following Tuesday morning’s massive anti-mafia sweep, the names of the five individuals arrested in the high-stakes law enforcement operation codenamed “White Star” have been officially identified.
KALLXO.com has confirmed that the operation, spearheaded by the Special Prosecution Office under the direction of Special Prosecutor Fatos Ajvazi, has placed the following suspects into a 48-hour police detention:
- Remzi Rexhepi
- Burim Duriqi
- Besim Ismajli
- Denis Sharapolli
- Ilir Bojniku
Sources close to the investigation indicate that while these five individuals did not hold executive command or leadership positions within the cartel, they operated as critical logistical cogs and field operatives for high-tier organized crime groups whose leadership is already behind bars.
From “Broken Sky” to “White Star”: The SKY ECC Evolution
Operation “White Star” did not materialize overnight. It serves as a direct, tactical sequel to last year’s massive regional crackdown codenamed “Qielli i Thyer” (Broken Sky).
Both operations were made possible after French, Belgian, and Dutch judicial authorities successfully breached and seized a core network server belonging to the encrypted communication platform SKY ECC. Recognizing deep-rooted, cross-border text threads tying European drug shipments back to Prishtina, EUROPOL looped Kosovo’s Special Prosecution directly into the global task force.
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│ THE SKY ECC COOPERATIVE TRACK │
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▼ 2021 ▼ 2024 - 2025 ▼ JUNE 2026
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│ Franco-Belgian │ │ Hundreds of raw │ │ Operation │
│ cyber units blitz │ ──► │ encrypted text │ ──► │ "White Star" │
│ a core SKY ECC │ │ logs handed to │ │ triggers final │
│ network server. │ │ Prishtina via EU.│ │ systemic arrests.│
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The Smuggling Blueprint: South America to the Balkans
Unsealed investigative files from the “Broken Sky” database lay bare an astonishingly sophisticated global maritime supply chain.
The cartel weaponized commercial sea routes to order massive bulk quantities of high-purity cocaine and narcotics from Ecuador (South America), Iran, and Turkey. The shipments were routed into European maritime ports and subsequently smuggled overland into Kosovo. Once inside the country, the narcotics were processed, repackaged, and dispatched back out into wealthy Western European consumer markets.
[The Transnational Cartel Supply Chain]
Ecuador / Iran / Turkey (Sourcing)
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▼ (Maritime Shipping Container Routes)
Western European Ports (Rotterdam / Antwerp)
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▼ (Overland Transport / False ID Logistics)
Kosovo Hubs (Prishtina, Peja, Prizren, Viti, Drenas)
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▼ (Distribution Matrix)
European Union Consumer Markets
The Tally of Seized Assets: Cash, Weapons, and Luxury Goods
The synchronized morning raids tore through fortified residential compounds across five major Kosovo municipalities: Prishtina, Peja, Prizren, Viti, and Drenas.
The suspects face three severe felony charges: participation in an organized criminal group, unauthorized purchase, possession, or sale of narcotics, and money laundering.
| Category | Specific Items Confiscated During Tuesday’s Raids |
| Weapons & Ammo | 6 Firearms, 5 Magazines, 239 Live Ammunition Rounds |
| Narcotics | 9.67g High-Purity Cocaine, 35.18g Premium Marijuana Seeds |
| Liquid Capital | €7,595 in hard cash |
| Fleet & Transit | 10 Automobiles (Impounded), 1 Motorcycle |
| Digital Evidence | 25 Smartphones, 10 Computers, 13 USB Drives, 1 Digital Video Recorder (DVR) |
| Luxury Assets | 16 High-End Designer Wristwatches |
The Special Prosecution Office and the Kosovo Police issued a joint communiqué re-asserting that their operational coordination with EUROPOL, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands remains fully active. Investigators are currently extracted metadata from the 25 seized smartphones, hunting for remaining localized financial accounts to permanently block the cash flow of the fractured syndicate.
