Does the consul assign visas to sell them, or out of racism against Albanians? Unlike the other embassies in Tirana, the Italian consulate toys with the problems of Albanian citizens, who wait for weeks even when their documents are in order and receive no answer The visa mafia So far, much has been written and said about the illegal trafficking of Albanians to Western countries; trafficking carried out both by unidentified people and entities, and by infiltrations and various criminal networks set up in VBE, or based on individual connections. In reality, the alarmingly large-scale beginnings of the illegal movement of Albanians to leave the borders of our country, or, in other words, of “taking flight”, began and continue in an improvised and exploited way, as it is classified, from this forced desire of Albanians for some kind of landing, for gain, enrichment and the usual satisfaction. They profit and grow rich and become the paradise and hell of the sought-after, exploited and sacrificed embassies. It is understood that this trick also involves traffickers and boat transporters, as well as passport smugglers, to end up in Greece, Italy, Austria or other countries, without which the visa and passport for the emigration of Albanians cannot be concealed. Thus they continue, supposedly for them, with these policies and principled forms, which many other countries with our level of backward standards would envy, and which are done to wash their own faces meanwhile, have complicated and keep a chaotic situation that encourages and takes advantage of exploitation, involving an “embassy mafia”. This means the exploitation and appointment of embassies, especially the consulates, where fraud against Albanian citizens has been invented. Who is the Italian consul and the embassy being accused? We are talking about those who have remained in the warm position of the consular post in their embassy and with a high standard [?!], which tolerates the creation of their rule and with a regular standard, with a comma and their shadow, in order to secure hefty sums, using according to the case scenarios of fraud, delay and abuse of Albanian citizens with their dreams of obtaining a visa. To paraphrase sympathetically, if you want to get a visa you must have money to pay, have a friend or acquaintance, and be “special”?! The Greek and European left support the Albanian leftist Meta Two days ago, the ambassador of Greece to Albania visited our country, and from the moment he entered the airport he was welcomed by a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Meanwhile, for the official of the Greek embassy in Tirana, senior government officials had been made available, not only luxury vehicles but also motorcycles and police officers to escort him to various meetings. In fact, the main person responsible for this mission was directly connected to the minister of order, Spartak Poci. If such could be the natural action of the Greek ambassador, why does the Ministry of Order led by Mr. Meta not apply any such measure for the consuls of other friendly states? Or, instead of showing care and respect for a group of ambassadors and consuls, as happened with the Italians, would it not have been normal to have the same attention for who governs Albania. Page 2

Albanian citizens waiting in front of the Italian embassy for a visa