What Hollander says and what's stated in the article definitely holds merit. The Albanian gangs are noticeably players, but "taking over"...nope.

If you take a look at the busts of Albanian-ran cocaine rings in the UK (of which about 95% take place in the South East) it's noticeable that the role of the Albanian gangs is mostly limited to that of retail dealers. They deal in larger quantities than most of the black gangs in the area, but it's still on a direct retail level. The Albanian gangs definitely are not the decision makers of what comes in and what goes out. Local white British groups in Liverpool, the Essex/Kent area, Glasgow, Nottingham...as well as Irish groups based in Dublin are by far the major source of cocaine (as well as synthetic drugs) making its way into the UK and to extent some other European countries as well.

Same case for the Netherlands. Through all the talks about Moroccan, Antillean...and now Albanian groups and their involvement in the cocaine business, a large amount of huge shipments of cocaine and synthetic drugs need the go ahead of established Dutch groups - of which a disproportionate amount are based in the "Kamper" communities in North Brabant, Limburg and South Holland.