PARLIAMENTARIANS, REFERENDUM TOUR BEGINS ACROSS ALBANIA . The Constitution begins to gather votes. PAGE 3

POLICE, A WAVE OF ARRESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY . Here are October’s handcuffs. PAGE 2

INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARRANT FOR THE FORMER BOSS OF “SILVA” TIRANA—The suspicions surrounding the links between borrowing companies—now in liquidation—and illegal trafficking are becoming more firmly established. In particular, drug and arms trafficking. Italian investigators were the first to raise serious suspicions about this connection. Some time ago, Italy’s anti-mafia prosecutor Pier Luixi Vinja said that the strong suspicion surrounding the activities of the borrowing companies and the disappearance of millions of dollars pointed to links between these companies and criminal organizations in his country. He said then that the mafia had used borrowing companies in Albania to raise the money needed to gain a foothold in the hard-drug trade. Meanwhile, Italy’s deputy anti-mafia prosecutor, Mr. Maritati—who visited Albania over the past three days—has reinforced the suspicions, speaking in a low voice specifically about this connection. Sources in the police authorities of the neighboring country report that Pëllumb Shehaj, former president of the borrowing company “Silva,” is now wanted by the Italian judicial authorities for drug trafficking. This has been the case for two months. In other words, ever since Shehaj was identified at the Port of Bari with a shipment of 6.1 kg of pure heroin. The former president of the borrowing company was released for the time needed to analyze the bags containing the white flour. He was sent to Albania under surveillance. Meanwhile, Shehaj immediately left for Greece, where he took refuge for about a month. That period came to an end with the international arrest warrant issued by Interpol, after Italian analyses proved that the packets contained a full 6 kg of pure heroin. Now the former president of “Silva,” Pëllumb Shehaj, is hiding in Turkey, pursued by Interpol. Not merely for fraud in Albania, but for involvement in the illegal trafficking of narcotic substances. Yesterday he gave a lengthy interview to radio “Koha.” Illegal trafficking; Pëllumb Shehaj is wanted

. Majko meets the prefects. PAGE 3 ÇANO: THE MINISTRY WILL NOT REMAIN INDIFFERENT. The Durrës killings cause an upheaval in the ministry. PAGE 2 PD VOICES ITS FIRST OBJECTIONS TO THE CONSTITUTION. Pollo: We still have time. PAGE 3 GOODS DISGUISED AS AID TO EVADE CUSTOMS. Trafficking in humanitarian aid. PAGE 6 CHILDREN OF EMIGRANTS, ALBANIAN TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS. Greek in Albania and Albanian in Greece. PAGE 11 PROFARMA STIFLED BY THE TRANSITION. The best solution: privatization. PAGE 10 NOW CASH FOR THE HOMELESS. The state: buy your own homes. PAGE 16 PRICE FOR GREECE, 250 DPX