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Cops faced a \u2018wall of silence\u2019 when they tried to investigate mum-of-two Georgina\u2019s disappearance<\/p>\n

IT\u2019S been seven years since Georgina Gharsallah suddenly vanished without a trace from a town centre in Sussex.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old had popped into Worthing from her mum\u2019s house to get her phone fixed on March 7, 2018 \u2013 and was caught on CCTV entering a shop.<\/p>\n


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Georgina had two young children when she missing<\/p>\n


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Georgina was last seen in a shop on her way into the town centreCredit: Collect
\nThat was the last time Georgina was seen alive \u2013 and now a new\u00a0Channel 4\u00a0documentary investigating the case suggests her mysterious disappearance could be linked to a gang of Albanian drug dealers.<\/p>\n

Georgina, a loving mum to two children, was working at an Albanian-owned Kebab shop called Albion Kebab Shop \u2013 which at the time was linked to an investigation into an Albanian gang.<\/p>\n

A policeman who infiltrated the group told In the Footsteps of Killers presenters Emilia Fox and Professor David Wilson that violent gangs had a foothold in the city \u2013 and it \u201cwouldn\u2019t surprise him\u201d if Georgina had got mixed up in it.<\/p>\n

The officer Andy \u2013 not his real name \u2013 said: \u201cMy job for over 15 years was to investigate organised crime. Gangs were starting to take a much stronger foothold in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis particular Albanian gang was the Dema family. \u2018Don\u2019t mess with them\u2019 \u2013 that was the reputation. There would be some serious violence. They would do that in a way that wouldn\u2019t draw attention to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a focal point for the start of our operation. We would be looking at the front of Albion Kebabs, to understand the people who were working there, who controlled it, to build a picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he thought Georgina had fallen foul of the gang that owned the shop where she worked, and been disposed of, Andy said: \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t surprise me at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know the levels of work that have gone into that case. And my gut feeling is she\u2019s not coming back. I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to find any answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Georgina went missing her bank cards have never been used, her prescriptions never collected and friends and family haven\u2019t heard from her either.<\/p>\n

In August 2019 the case was reclassified as a murder case from a missing person, as there were no signs she was still alive.<\/p>\n

Police still haven\u2019t found a body, or even so much as a hair sample.<\/p>\n

Georgina\u2019s devastated mum Andrea doesn\u2019t believe there are sufficient grounds to declare her daughter dead.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cWe were like, \u2018Well how [can they say she\u2019s dead]? You haven\u2019t got any evidence.\u2019 They just say it\u2019s because of the lack of proof of life, but for me that\u2019s not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgina\u2019s family had assumed she was staying with friends or her partner when she didn\u2019t return that day in March 2018.<\/p>\n

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My gut feeling is she\u2019s not coming back. I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to find any answers<\/p>\n

Police officer<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When Georgina\u2019s worried boyfriend Christian Slater rang Andrea asking of her whereabouts, the family raised the alarm.<\/p>\n

But Andrea and Georgina\u2019s family were confident she would return.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still at Christmas [2018] laid the table for her,\u201d Andrea said. \u201c[I] told everyone to get presents for her, because she comes back [sic].<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to think I don\u2019t want the bad answers, and go all my life looking, and have that hope. But I\u2019m at that stage now that I want the answers, even if they\u2019re bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dangerous crowd<\/h2>\n


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Georgina was a loving mum-of-twoCredit: Prime Features Agency<\/p>\n


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Andrea has constantly appealed for help to find out what happened to her daughterCredit: Prime Features Agency<\/p>\n


\nGeorgina disappeared while in Worthing<\/p>\n


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Georgina\u2019s last movements are tracked on CCTV but there is doubt this figure seen on the street is herCredit: Sussex Police
\nGeorgina had become involved with unsavoury characters in the town, according to people who knew her.<\/p>\n

She was also alleged to have been hiding drugs in her flat for convicted drug dealer Aldo Aringa, who was in prison at the time of her disappearance.<\/p>\n

Shop owner Mick Symes claims he saw her hanging around with Albanian drug dealers, and told the documentary: \u201cThe common denominator of people I\u2019ve seen Georgina walking round the town with or talking with or I know, know her, are involved in class A drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not saying that Georgina was. But certainly the people she went around with were involved in the supply of drugs, and some quite serious and unpleasant situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe [her disappearance] is related to the drug supply in Worthing and Brighton. And the people who are involved at the higher end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgina\u2019s boyfriend Christian also told how she appeared to be struggling and had turned to binge-drinking in an attempt to cope.<\/p>\n

He claimed her erratic behaviour had led to their relationship starting to break down.<\/p>\n

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The common denominator of people I\u2019ve seen Georgina walking round the town with or talking with or I know, know her, are involved in class A drugs<\/p>\n

Shop owner Mick Symes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So when she didn\u2019t answer his calls and texts for a few days, he\u2019d assumed she was ignoring him after a disagreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really good relationship in the beginning \u2013 it was after Christmas time that everything just went a bit crazy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe started drinking more, arguments started to occur. When she got upset, she got a bit fiery. I was the same. We were two peas in a pod in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christian said Georgina would walk out during arguments and visit her \u201cAlbanian friends\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knew Georgina, she knew a lot of people in Brighton,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we used to have an argument, she\u2019d go down and see her Albanian friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019d stay with her Albanian friends at the Royal Albion Hotel, that was where she\u2019d go down and see them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kebab shop she used to work in was the Albion Kebab shop.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Wall of silence\u2019<\/h2>\n


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Georgina was close to her mum, who still hopes that her daughter will return safe and sound<\/p>\n


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Georgina with her sisters as a childCredit: Supplied<\/p>\n


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The young mum was going through a rocky patch with her partnerCredit: Prime Features Agency
\nIt wasn\u2019t just family and police who reached a dead end trying to find out what happened to Georgina.<\/p>\n

Even local journalists looking into her disappearance were stonewalled.<\/p>\n

Steve, a freelance journalist, said: \u201cWhat we ran into very quickly was almost a wall of silence at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of it was fear \u2013 a lot of her friends were too scared to come forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was talk that Georgina had become involved with people who may have been dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe found at times Georgina was a troubled soul, but what was clear was that she had a lot of family support around her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former police officer Andy reckons the silence is for a reason \u2013 because the gangs don\u2019t want to be caught.<\/p>\n

He told the documentary: \u201cThere would be some serious violence [if you crossed the Albanian gang]. They would do that in a way that doesn\u2019t draw attention to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany years ago there was a shooting in Hove not far from where we are sat. That brought a lot of heat on the Albanian community at that time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think from that moment on, they realised that by doing that, you\u2019re bringing yourself into that headlights [so they\u2019re more discreet].\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenter Professor Wilson said: \u201cIt\u2019s almost like she\u2019s swallowed up by the darkness\u2026 of organised crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Footsteps of Killers airs tonight at 10pm on Channel 4.<\/p>\n


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Georgina left behind two children who are now teenagersCredit: Prime Features Agency<\/p>\n


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Professor David Wilson and Emilia Fox investigated Georgina\u2019s case for the documentaryCredit: Channel 4<\/p>\n


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An unidentified police officer told how he fears she will never be foundCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

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