WHEN police busted Bujar Cozminca for flooding Britain with £8million worth of cocaine, they were dealing with a familiar face. The Albanian gangster, 33 had already been booted out of the country on drugs charges nine years earlier, yet was easily able to sneak back into the UK to build up his criminal empire. He is one of a growing number of high-profile Albanians nicknamed the Boomerang Gang. They are making a mockery of Britain’s immigration system — sneaking in and out of the UK despite being deported. An intelligence source told The Sun: “It’s an utter disgrace. They get jailed and kicked out only to come back into Britain and carry on where they left off. They are in and out so often they joke about being boomerangs.” A Sun probe reveals how easy it is for crooks to get into the country in the back of lorries and in small boats. In the past four years, at least 12 major Albanian criminals have come back to the UK after being kicked out. Kingpin Cozminca was first deported in 2012 after serving 21 months for conspiracy to supply drugs. He was sent back to Albania but returned to build up his drugs empire. When he was arrested for a second time in 2021, police found he was involved in buying and supplying 100kg of coke, with a street value of £8million and had laundered £2.5million of criminal cash. Using the codename “insatiable beta”, Cozminca negotiated multi-kilo cocaine deals and laundered thousands of pounds of cash weekly. When officers from the National Crime Agency swooped on his two flats in Islington and Wembley in North London , they found £300,000 in cash and ledgers which revealed drug deals worth £2million. He was jailed for 12 years at Snaresbrook Crown Court in June after admitting supply. Others smuggled back into the UK include a thug who boasted to police he had returned “several times” since being kicked out in 2015 and one who admitted paying £3,000 to small boat smugglers in France. Albanian mobsters have seized control of Britain’s drug market over the past two decades after forming an alliance with Latin American drug cartels . Many splash their cash on luxury lifestyles wearing designer clothes and driving top-end cars. The Hellbanianz, one of the most infamous gangs, is known for making music videos on social media, mostly filmed on the Gascoigne Estate in Barking, East London . One in 50 Albanians living in the UK are in jail — more than 1,200 of a population of nearly 53,000. Britain has more illegal migrants than any other European nation. In October, a study revealed as many as 745,000 live in Britain. But it’s not just those smuggled into the UK that are a crime concern. Figures show almost 400,000 legal migrants have been allowed in without criminal record checks since 2021. Rob Bates, research director at the Centre for Migration Control, said: “With the huge numbers entering each year, systems inside the Home Office are unable to perform adequate checks on every individual. “The Home Office needs to recognise certain nationalities are more likely to fall foul of the law or be involved in certain types of crime. Albania is a clear example. Until we get serious about tackling this, our streets will continue playing host to dangerous gangs and organised crime from overseas. “Thousands of undocumented young men arriving each year are able to join networks.” Tony Smith, former head of UK Border Force, suspects gang members are getting back into the country using new routes — most likely hitching lifts on small fishing vessels and dropped at coves. Criminology professor Ervin Karamuco, at the University of Tirana in Albania, said UK-based gangs are idolised back home. He added: “Those convicted in Britain build connections in prison and maintain close relationships with other active Albanian or foreign criminal groups. They stay connected to that network even when they’re deported and re-engage with them to find the fastest way back.” A Home Office spokesman said: “The new Border Security Command is bringing together our intelligence and enforcement agencies to smash criminal smuggling gangs, and we are working closely with the international partners, including the government of Albania, to further this effort.” 2022: DEPORTED 2023: JAILED FOR CANNABIS FIRST caught working on a cannabis farm in Roath, Cardiff, and given a 14-month sentence in May 2022 Beti, 37, was released early after agreeing to be sent back home in August 2022 but was found in the back of a lorry a year later. In October 2023 he was jailed for 16 months for breaching his deportation order before being released on licence. He vanished, only to turn up at another cannabis farm in Pembroke. Jailing him for two years and eight months, Judge Geraint Walters said Beti had returned to Britain “as soon as he could” and said his story of being exploited should be “treated with a pinch of salt”. 2015: DEPORTED 2024: JAILED FOR DRUGS VIOLENT Fatjon Cani was deported in 2015 but returned and was convicted of grievous bodily harm in October 2021. In January this year he was found in a car suspected to be linked to drugs on the M62 and admitted he had re-entered the UK “several times” in the past nine years. Cani, 29, from Manchester, told officers he paid smugglers £3,000 to cross the Channel . He was jailed for 20 months for breaching his deportation order. 2021: DEPORTED 2024: JAILED FOR CANNABIS DEPORTED part-way through a 23-month jail sentence for producing cannabis in Rotherham in 2021. Returned to the UK in January 2023 and picked up ten days later in a car with a “large amount of cash”. Police found 75 cannabis plants in a property Blogu, 36, claimed was his home address. He was jailed for 40 months in March. 2019: DEPORTED 2023: JAILED FOR RETURNING CONVICTED of possession with intent to supply cannabis and having fake ID in 2019, and deported. Police found him in Wales last August, and Imeraj, 31, told them he came to UK in 2008 and had since travelled back and forth to Albania. Caught twice by border cops. Jailed for six months in September 2023 for breaching deportation rules. 2015: DEPORTED 2020: JAILED FOR CANNABIS SENT back to Albania in 2015 for running a cannabis factory in Cardiff. Police found him at another £60,000 dope farm in November 2020. He claimed he was being exploited by an Albanian gang but was jailed for 21 months. In 2013 Farruku, 37, was caught at the Channel tunnel trying to get into UK. 2015: DEPORTED 2020: JAILED FOR GUNS DEPORTED in 2015 after being given three years’ jail for firearms offences. When police raided his home in North London in 2019 they found two loaded guns and £70,000 worth of cannabis. Myftaraj, 31, was jailed for 15 years in 2020. DEPORTED 2020: JAILED FOR COCAINE CAUGHT with £10,000 of cocaine in Maidstone, Kent, in 2020 after being deported. The 28-year-old admitted he had been thrown out of Britain on a “number of occasions” only to return. Duka was jailed for 40 months. 2023: DEPORTED 2024: RECALLED TO JAIL DEPORTED in May 2023 after serving two years for supplying cocaine and holding a fake document. The 28-year-old was stopped by cops in Ipswich in June this year and recalled to serve his original sentence. 2017 & 2020: DEPORTED 2020: JAILED BURGLAR was jailed for nine months and deported in 2017. Returned to Britain within the year and carried out a spree of break-ins. Puka, 28, was jailed for three-and-a-half years and deported in March 2020. It is thought he is back in UK and is seeking asylum. DEPORTED 2024: JAILED FOR COCAINE CAUGHT transporting coke with a street value of £22,500 this October after illegally re-entering the UK. Jailed for three years at Exeter Crown Court for intent to supply. His lawyer claimed Coti, 23, owed £12,000 to people smugglers. DEPORTED 2020: JAILED FOR TASER JAILED for 28 months in 2020 after police in Basildon, Essex, found a Taser in his pocket. Fake documents claimed he was an Italian entitled to work in Britain. Kikija, 35, had previously been convicted for dealing drugs and kicked out of UK.dealing blackjack 。

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ASUNCION, Paraguay -- Gaston Martirena and Adrian Martinez scored first-half goals as Argentina's Racing won its first Copa Sudamericana championship by beating Brazil's Cruzeiro 3-1 in the final on Saturday. Martirena opened the scoring in the 15th minute and Martinez added a goal five minutes later to give “La Academia” its first international title since 1988 when it won the now defunct Supercopa Sudamericana. “Maravilla” Martinez scored 10 goals in 13 matches and finished as the top scorer in the competition. “We suffered until the last minute, but to be able to win a cup after so many years is a blessing,” Martinez said. “It's historic, it was a long time without being able to raise an international cup, we have a poor year in the league, but we were able to give the fans this satisfaction.” Roger Martinez sealed the victory with a goal in the 90th. Kaio Jorge scored in the 52nd for Cruzeiro. Racing, a team based in the city of Avellaneda, took the lead when Martirena, a Uruguayan right-back, sent in what appeared to be a cross from the right but the looping ball went over Cruzeiro goalkeeper Cassio and into the far corner of the net. Martinez doubled the lead with a shot from five meters. The game was played in Estadio General Pablo Rojas in Asuncion, Paraguay, where most of the 45,000 fans were supporting Racing. Copa Sudamericana is the second most prestigious club competition in South America behind the Copa Libertadores, and its first edition was in 2002. Racing is the first Argentinian team to win the competition since 2020 when Defensa y Justicia beat Lanus. The last two competitions were won by Ecuadorian teams. Brazilian teams Atletico Mineiro and Botafogo will play next weekend in the Copa Libertadores final in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerNittany Lions will face No. 1 Oregon next Saturday in Indianapolis

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As the night drew to a close, Liang Wang Duo stood on the stage, their award held high, their smiles bright and their hearts full of gratitude. The Annual Best Male Doubles Award was a well-deserved honor for two exceptional athletes who have truly left their mark on the world of badminton. Here's to Liang Xiang and Wang Tao, the reigning champions of men's doubles badminton, and may their future be filled with many more moments of glory and triumph.Cloud Fast Charge Participates in 2024 Anhui New Energy Vehicle Aftermarket Conference, Deepening Charging and Battery Swapping Collaboration in Northern AnhuiWASHINGTON (AP) — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * WASHINGTON (AP) — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? WASHINGTON (AP) — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost her bid for a second term this month, despite strong backing from union members, a key part of the Democratic base but gravitating in the Trump era toward a Republican Party traditionally allied with business interests. “Lori’s strong support from both the Business and Labor communities will ensure that the Labor Department can unite Americans of all backgrounds behind our Agenda for unprecedented National Success – Making America Richer, Wealthier, Stronger and more Prosperous than ever before!” Trump said in a statement announcing his choice Friday night. For decades, labor unions have sided with Democrats and been greeted largely with hostility by Republicans. But with Trump’s populist appeal, his working-class base saw a decent share of union rank-and-file voting for Republicans this year, even as major unions, including the AFL-CIO and the United Auto Workers, endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris in the White House race. Trump sat down with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union leadership and members this year, and when he emerged from that meeting, he boasted that a significant chunk of union voters were backing him. Of a possible Teamsters endorsement, he said, “Stranger things have happened.” The Teamsters ultimately declined to endorse either Trump, the former president, or Harris, the vice president, though leader Sean O’Brien had a prominent speaking slot at the Republican National Convention. Kara Deniz, a Teamsters spokesperson, told the Associated Press that O’Brien met with more than a dozen House Republicans this past week to lobby on behalf of Chavez-DeRemer. “Chavez-DeRemer would be an excellent choice for labor secretary and has his backing,” Deniz said. The work of the Labor Department affects workers’ wages, health and safety, ability to unionize, and employers’ rights to fire employers, among other responsibilities. On Election Day, Trump deepened his support among voters without a college degree after running just slightly ahead of Democrat Joe Biden with noncollege voters in 2020. Trump made modest gains, earning a clear majority of this group, while only about 4 in 10 supported Harris, according to AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide. Roughly 18% of voters in this year’s election were from union households, with Harris winning a majority of the group. But Trump’s performance among union members kept him competitive and helped him win key states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Chavez-DeRemer was one of few House Republicans to endorse the “Protecting the Right to Organize” or PRO Act, which would allow more workers to conduct organizing campaigns and add penalties for companies that violate workers’ rights. The measure would weaken “right-to-work” laws that allow employees in more than half the states to avoid participating in or paying dues to unions that represent workers at their places of employment. Trump’s first term saw firmly pro-business policies from his appointees across government, including those on the National Labor Relations Board. Trump, a real estate developer and businessman before winning the presidency, generally has backed policies that would make it harder for workers to unionize. During his recent campaign, Trump criticized union bosses, and at one point suggested that UAW members should not pay their dues. His first administration did expand overtime eligibility rules, but not nearly as much as Democrats wanted, and a Trump-appointed judge has since struck down the Biden administration’s more generous overtime rules. He has stacked his incoming administration with officials who worked on the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” blueprint, which includes a sharp swing away from Biden’s pro-union policies. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. “Chavez-DeRemer’s record suggests she understands the value of policies that strengthen workers’ rights and economic security,” said Rebecca Dixon, president and CEO of National Employment Law Project, which is backed my many of the country’s major labor unions. “But the Trump administration’s agenda is fundamentally at odds with these principles, threatening to roll back workplace protections, undermine collective bargaining, and prioritize corporate profits over the needs of working people. This is where her true commitment to workers will be tested.” Other union leaders also issued praise, but also sounded a note of caution. “Educators and working families across the nation will be watching ... as she moves through the confirmation process,” the president of the National Education Association, Becky Pringle, said in a statement, “and hope to hear a pledge from her to continue to stand up for workers and students as her record suggests, not blind loyalty to the Project 2025 agenda.” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler welcomed the choice while taking care to note Trump’s history of opposing polices that support unions. “It remains to be seen what she will be permitted to do as secretary of labor in an administration with a dramatically anti-worker agenda,” Shuler said. Advertisement Advertisement

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The investigation into the CEO's murder has been ongoing for weeks, with law enforcement officials working tirelessly to follow up on leads and gather evidence. The breakthrough in the case came after a crucial tip from a witness led investigators to the suspect, who has been identified as a former employee of the insurance company.As we witness their love story unfold, let us celebrate the magic of true companionship and the joy of finding a soulmate who understands, supports, and uplifts us. Zheng Siwei's plea for Huang Yaqiong to become his wife next year is not just a proposal but a testament to the enduring power of love and the beauty of shared dreams.

In the realm of professional sports, where dedication to training and competition often takes precedence, it is heartwarming to see these athletes embrace love and companionship. Zheng Siwei's gesture reflects a desire for a deeper connection with his partner, a commitment that goes beyond the confines of the badminton court.

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