Kosovo consternation

Washington Times ^ | May 9th 2006 | Admiral (Ret) James "Ace" Lyons Jr.

[kronos77]

Among the most important priorities of U.S. global policy is combating the international traffic in drugs and in persons (often a euphemism for women and children forced into prostitution). Because of the linkage and overlap among terrorist networks and organized criminal gangs, the battle against trafficking is also an integral part of the war on terror. Fighting organized criminal activities is difficult even in countries with a functioning legal system, honest police and the rule of law. Think how much harder that would be when dealing with an independent country where the authorities are an integral part of the criminal enterprise. Amazingly, that's what the international community seems to want to help establish in the Serbian province of Kosovo. When Kosovo was placed under United Nations administration and NATO military control at the end of the 1999 war, some hoped the province soon would meet at least minimum qualifications for some kind of independence, as demanded by Muslim Albanians who greatly outnumber the remaining Christian Serbs.

[kronos77]

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[kronos77]

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http://www.savekosovo.org

[Lion in Winter]

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[A. Pole]

The networks used various routes, including the route that passes through Kosovo, Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (see the village of Veledze, the regional centre of prostitution) and Montenegro, then through Italy. The Albanian mafia has set up a real cartel on prostitution. It handles more than 65 percent of the trafficking in women in the Balkans." From 2004: "In Kosovo, as many as 80 percent of internally trafficked victims are children."

KLA bump

[Bokababe]

From what I heard when I was in Italy, the Albanian Mafia is so heartless and vicious that they repulse even the Italian Mafia with their behavior.

Unlike the Italian Mafia, the Albanians have no problem in the traffic of children for prostitution -- in some cases, even their own children. Disgusting!

[Bokababe]

What's a Balkan ping list, Kronos? Because it sounds like something I would want on!

BB

[tgambill]

exactly the truth........