The annual report of the European police office on organized crime is released Europol director: We will give the report to the interior ministers. Visa liberalization and the lack of border control are exporting crime. Albanian gangsters have grown stronger. Euobserver: This will affect visas EUROPOL, EU: ALBANIA SOURCE OF DRUGS AND WEAPONS Europol director: We will give the report to the interior ministers. Visa liberalization and the lack of border control are exporting crime. Albanian gangsters have grown stronger. Euobserver: This will affect visas By TEDI BLUSHI The European police office EUROPOL, in the annual report published yesterday on organized crime in the European Union, describes Albania as a country where criminal groups are very dangerous and active, mainly in drug and arms trafficking. According to EUROPOL, Albania is an important source country for trafficking..... On pages 2-3 EUROPOL PUBLIC INFORMATION EU ORGANISED CRIME THREAT ASSESSMENT OCTA 2011 * Criminal groups are increasingly multi-commodity and poly-criminal in their activities. The best resourced groups, including some Albanian-speaking and Lithuanian-speaking groups, have gathered diverse portfolios of criminal business. * More than ever before strong levels of cooperation exist between different organised crime groups, transcending national, ethnic, and business differences. Those trafficking commodities increasingly share loads, spreading risks and costs. In an increasingly collaborative atmosphere hard and soft underworlds are integrated. Some Albanian-speaking[?] (In the photo:) Facsimile of the front page of the annual report published yesterday on organized crime by EUROPOL (right) Hashish planted in Lazarat

Before the elections, crime runs rampant, only one suspect arrested “Masked men” snatch 200 million lekë. The police chief: We questioned the owner The chaotic situation on the eve of the elections is waking up burglars. Their targets are exchange offices, shops with high daily turnover and vehicles. After the two robberies of the first two days where at least 20 thousand euro were stolen, in the early hours of yesterday morning a spectacular robbery was reported. At least 200 million lekë (old currency) is the amount that is believed to have been stolen from the office of a ‘Moneygram’ near Medreseja. From the first information given by the police regarding the high-profile robbery, it is understood that the perpetrators managed to enter through the outer door On page 13 Exchange office

The candidate of the Alliance for the Citizen presents his vision Durrës, Ferdinand Xhaferraj: My alternative for the city, why citizens will vote for me On pages 10-11

Yesterday in the “New York Times” By THOMAS L. FREDMAN There is only one good thing about the fact that Osama bin Laden survived for nearly 10 years after the mass killings at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, organized by him..... Continues on page 28 Farewell, “Geronimo”!

Letter to the Newspaper Dear Anila! Thank you for addressing me with a direct question, giving me the opportunity to speak more concretely..... By SOTIRAQ HRONI Dear Anila! Thank you for addressing me with a direct question, giving me the opportunity to speak more concretely..... Continues on page 29 I, the intellectual of the “Initiative”

Instructions for the structures Ina Rama: Prosecutors, anonymous “observers” of 8 May On page 9

Lawyers in polling centers PS, the final instructions against manipulation are given On pages 4-5

Full list Legalizations, 2,300 property titles issued for the 12 districts On pages 22-25

Revealed in ‘Fiks Fare’ Sailors in protest, certified at the boss’s wife On page 21

Even the king’s people Compensation, the list with the names of 350 people is published On page 18