Albanian criminals deported from the UK for drugs and violence are sneaking back into Britain in the face of a government crackdown on gangsters from the Balkan country, police and court sources reveal.

At least five dangerous criminals deported for crimes including firearms offences have been jailed in the last 18 months after returning to the UK to continue to run their crime empires.

One is on the loose after his European arrest warrant for a road rage shooting in Albania was discharged because he had served his sentence while on remand.

It comes after Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, signed a new deportation agreement with Albania to return convicted offenders and illegal immigrants to the Balkan state.

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Increasing numbers of Albanians are turning to people smugglers to cross the Channel on small boats, accounting for four in 10 of all arrivals during a six-week period this summer.

Albanian criminals represent the biggest foreign national group in UK prisons, with more than 1,500 inmates. That comprises around 10 per cent of the foreign jail population, up from two per cent in 2013. Some 487 have been deported this year, double last year’s rate.

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