Here’s why Albanian organised crime is responsible for so many crossing the Channel

EU report reveals Albania is a country where crime and corruption are endemic

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It seems Ministers, senior judges, police, civil servants are all at it

Albania is an official EU candidate country for membership. The EU’s latest report just published on Albania tries to sound upbeat but it paints a grim picture of a country rife with corruption and crime, penetrating from the highest levels of government down to local law enforcement and public procurement.

As the UK struggles to deal with thousands of Albanians being trafficked across the Channel, Facts4EU.Org uncovers and summarises just some of the chilling facts in the EU Commission’s long report on this Balkan country which it intends to bring into the EU’s empire.

EU puts on a brave face but the facts buried in the report are alarming

Last month the EU Commission published a report on Albania running to 134 pages. There are so many worrying findings in it that we can only bring readers a selection of ‘the lowlights’.

Almost every part of Albanian society gets a progress report of no better than ‘moderate’ – and that’s the EU being kind to a country it wishes to subsume into its empire. Below we have extracted just some of the facts and figures.

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Some of the indictments of Albania, courtesy of the EU Commission's 2022 report

High-ranking state officials, including a former Minister of Interior and a former Prosecutor General, have been charged
64% of 554 vetting decisions on judges and prosecutors have resulted in firings or resignations
Very few are being prosecuted
The High Justice Inspector processed 4,124 complaints against judges but only started 22 investigations
At the Tirana Appeal Court, the average length for a criminal case is 5,820 days
The Administrative Court of Appeal has 18,415 cases, of which 9,938 are older than two years
The High Court has the highest backlog with over 35,822 cases, of which 27,843 are older than two years (77%)
“Despite some progress, corruption remains an area of serious concern… a culture of impunity”
“Trafficking in human beings and money laundering remain areas in which additional results are needed”
“The phenomenon of child sexual abuse online remains a concern”
Property rights : “The sector remains prone to corruption, while the compensation process has stalled”
Freedom of expression : “No progress was made”
“The intersection of business and political interests continued to hamper media independence”
Albanian asylum requests “increased significantly in the summer of 2021”
The black economy “remains significant”
“A tax and criminal amnesty” went ahead against EU approval, letting off thousands
Progress on food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy has been “limited”

[Source: EU Commission report on Albania, 2022.]

Albania is still cleaning up its act, 16 years after applying for EU membership

Jun 2006: The EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Agreement is signed
Apr 2009: Albania submits its application for EU membership
Nov 2010: The European Commission issues a set of 12 key priorities to be fulfilled in view of opening of accession negotiations
Dec 2010: EU allows visa-free travel to Schengen area for citizens of Albania
Jun 2014: The European Council grants Albania candidate status for EU membership
Jul 2022 : Accession negotiations start

Clearly there are well-intentioned people in Albania who are working to clean up the social fabric of the country, where crime and corruption seem to be endemic from the top to the bottom. 16 years after Albania applied for EU membership, however, it seems there is still a very long way to go.

Finally, median earnings per hour – UK versus Albania

In order to bring readers a fair comparison we have used the EU statistics agency’s last figures on median earnings per hour for both countries, which are dated 2018 and are stated in euros. It is the relative figures which are important.

Albania : €1.73
UK : €15.20

Observations

It must be said that we have previously read EU official reports on other countries which it is planning to bring into its empire – and these are no better than Albania’s.

Reading the full 134 pages of the report, it seems odd that the Commission was able to persuade the EU Council leaders to let ‘accession negotiations’ start three months ago – before they had even been able to read the latest report.

Meanwhile, as we showed yesterday, the UK is experiencing a massive surge in the number of Albanian illegal migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. Thanks to the EU having waived the need for visas for Albanians, these people have little to worry about until they get to the northern French coast.

Even then the Channel does not seem to be an obstacle. And when they arrive in the UK there seems almost no chance they will be deported back to Albania, thanks to the ‘human rights’ law of the ECHR.

Finally, and to state the obvious, this report in no way casts any criticism on legal immigrants already in the UK who have come from Albania and who lead peaceful and law-abiding lives.

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Reader Comments 8

1. John Hardman , Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 12:52:

Buster is quiet today, must be busy washing the EU flag bed covers.

2. Michal , Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 14:40:

Albanian criminal gangs were already operating in Eastern Europe decades ago. I actually witnessed a police raid on a pretty collection of stolen cars that were already collected near the border by Albanian gangs, ready to get them trough. It seems like that unfortunately the UK is offering them an even easier and more profitable 'playground' for their activities.

3. jon livesey , Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 16:02:

In case anyone thinks that this is just Facts4EU, the BBC had a report last week that said more or less the same thing. According to the BBC Albanian drug gangs are systematically importing an army of young Abanian men to work for them in the UK drug market. Young Albanians borrow the money to make it to Calais and then drug gangs already operating in the UK finance their passage across the channel. Even if they begin in legitimate jobs, they eventually drop out to work for the gangs to repay their debts.
I asked myself how this could possibly work unless the gangs have already established significant corrupt influence in the UK and are importing you gang members with the cooperation of officials at some level. .

4. Not4EU, London , Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 16:39:

You have to laugh. The corrupt EU investigating the even more corrupt Albania. Have Bulgaria and Romania reached the minimum 'entry' requirements yet, or are they still having the bi-annual reviews of 'progress to EU minimum entry requirements' (set up to sidestep their failure to meet minimum membership standards)? Such is the desire for EU empire building and the money-laundering/wealth transfer opportunities within it, as they're never going to be net contributors.
A report has said that 2% of the entire Albanian male population under 40 is now in the UK. Obviously rich pickings in the UK. The trafficking adverts are overt, even offering 'sales' periods. They don't appear to be interested in the 'wonderful' EU that they're desperate to join.
I can only say that I'm noticing a lot of 'front' shops opening, much like the now endemic 'Turkish barbers'. We had a lovely, & very popular, cafe nearby. Although they did their best with takeaways during the Govt enforced business shutdown, the meat of their business was construction/manual workers - much of which had also been forced to shut down, & the business did not survive the 'lockdowns'. It's now an Albanian 'cafe' but never seems to have any customers, with only one/two rather burley 'gentlemen' sitting outside by the door. I wonder how they are making money?...
If only we had a Govt with an 80 seat majority that was interested in THIS country...

5. jon livesey , Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 19:41:

4. Not4EU, London "If only we had a Govt with an 80 seat majority that was interested in THIS country..." I think that the Prime Minister answered that one yesterday when he said "We’ll deliver public finances markets expect". "Markets" not "UK voters".

6. Buster , Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 22:41:

Remember the heady days of 2016 when Farage and co told you 70 million Turkish rapists would be heading to the UK if we remained in the EU?
Lol. How are your borders Brexitists? Ready for your visa waivers for when you go on holiday? The dinghy people just sail in. Lol.

7. Helen , Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 07:12:

Buster, your epicaricacy regarding criminal gangs infloading to the UK puzzles me. It is your country too, is it not?

8. LuxuryBalloon , Saturday, November 19, 2022, 13:24:

5. Jon. Liz Truss did deliver a budget for the UK voters and not for the financial markets.

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