 Albanian clandestine immigrants started arriving at Italian ports in 1991.By 1997, the immigration had come under the control of the Albanian and Italian criminal groups, tightening relationships between them.The Albanian Mafia seems to have established good working relationships with the Italian Mafia, On 27 July 1999 police in Durrës (Albania), with Italian assistance arrested one of the godfathers of the "Sacra Corona Unita", Puglia's Italian mafia.