Albanian Prime Minister admits government corruption is helping traffickers

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha has acknowledged that corruption in the judiciary and government has aided human trafficking. Trafficking, both within the country and across borders has become endemic since the fall of communism in the early 1990s.
The Prime Minister said; “Such a phenomenon, which stains Albanians’ national image and dignity more than anything else, is not receiving the answer it deserves,”
“It is undeniable that the money of this ugly crime has enriched judges, prosecutors, government officials,”
Berisha insisted that the country, which hopes to join the EU in the future, must pass adequate laws against trafficking and also enforce them;
“This is our absolute priority,” he said, “all law-enforcement agencies will have one main duty, fighting human and drug trafficking because that is what Albanian taxpayers pay them for.”