THE SNIPER MURDER Inis Gjoni: My last hours with Alban Daci INTERVIEW Where was the beautiful ballerina’s fiancé on the day of the sniper attack at Tirana prison? Inisi agrees, still with tears in her eyes, to tell her story to the Gazette... On pages 2–3

Here’s how you can recognize an Albanian criminal The Italian police take an X-ray of Albanian crime, which has filled their streets. The profile of the character of criminals who have come from across the Adriatic is the essential element of a lengthy analysis, conducted after years of observation. DIA (Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate), a law-enforcement agency in Italy, has managed to identify the characteristic traits of Albanian criminals and has now formed a clear idea even of their way of thinking and of how they organize their activities in various forms of trafficking. The Albanian criminal is “terrible, ruthless and savage.” Criminal activities are run by loosely organized groups that appear “savage, extremely determined, and who trust and use people who are ready to be killed for a fistful of money.” The structure is the same as the ’Ndrangheta: the members of a gang belong to the same family unit, the same city, or the same neighborhood. They are all equal to one another, .... Continued on page 9

The IMF throws Berisha’s promises in the bin Cutting customs duties from 18 to 15 percent, setting up a Center to provide assistance to foreign investors... On page 5