On the spot: Albania

Crossroads of human trafficking

Labor is recruited in the poorest and most uninhabited areas - for sowing, care during growth, harvesting, drying and packaging of goods before they are exported to Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Greece and Italy. Albanian woman, as the neighboring Slavs call it, is a high-quality plant. In 2016, three years after Prime Minister Edi Rama came to power, Albania rose to seventh place in the world for cannabis production, with a total value estimated at 2,6 percent of GDP, compared to 0,07 to 0,19, XNUMX percent in countries such as France, Germany, Italy or the United Kingdom

Serbia and America

Vulin under US sanctions: Accused of involvement in drug trafficking, weapons and corruption

The decision of the US Treasury Secretariat states that the head of the BIA, Aleksandar Vulin, is, among other things, involved in transnational organized crime, illegal narcotics operations and abuse of public office, which is why he is under US sanctions as of today.

Destruction of heritage

The Corruption Council reveals who allowed the construction of the "K-District" on the Belgrade Fortress

Who did the Anti-Corruption Council bring into connection with the irregularities regarding the construction of the "K-District" under the Belgrade Fortress, and according to the Report that the "Vremena" portal had access to

Serbia

Change at the top of the EPS: Miroslav Tomašević bothered the state

Those familiar with the events at the Electric Power Company of Serbia told the "Vreme" portal that Tomašević's replacement was foreseen because, as a man from the industry, he managed to restore the system after years of destruction, which was not to the liking of the state leadership.

The wonderful world of tenders

In the new issue: Who guards our railways

The Railway Infrastructure of Serbia awarded a security job in the amount of 160 million dinars to a company that, according to an inspection of the MUP's documentation, falsified statements in the public procurement procedure. The Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime is investigating this company and the people associated with it

The wonderful world of tenders

Who guards our tracks

The Railway Infrastructure of Serbia awarded a security job in the amount of 160 million dinars to a company that, according to an inspection of the MUP's documentation, falsified statements in the public procurement procedure. The Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime is investigating this company and the people associated with it

Freedom House: Serbia is not a democracy 

For the fourth year in a row, according to the Freedom House report, Serbia is not a democracy, but a "hybrid or transitional regime" with fragile democratic institutions and questionable protection of political and civil rights and freedoms. The quality of Serbian democracy was rated 3,79 on a scale of 1 to 7 

The World

US Senate: Have you read the "New York Times" about Vučić

Speaking about the policy of the Biden administration towards the Western Balkans, the US Senate discussed the New York Times article about Aleksandar Vučić. The administration believes that the text is credible, said Derek Schole and specified: "we call President Vučić and his colleagues to account for corruption and other activities."

Research

BIRN: Public money for secret NGO projects

A few people have woven a network of organizations that last year alone received more than a million euros from the Ministry of Family Care and Demography for projects about which there is almost no trace

Foreign Affairs of the Mayor of Belgrade

PSG: Where did Šapić get the €820.000 villa in Trieste?

After "Vreme" and BIRN announced today that Aleksandar Šapić owns a villa in Italy worth 820.000 euros which he did not declare, PSG demands that the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption urgently initiate proceedings against the mayor of Belgrade

Politics

SNS and the judiciary: Procedures are either unresolved for years or out of date

The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has not filed a misdemeanor report for years because of the premises that SNS received as a gift, which exceeds the limit allowed by law. practice shows that even when cases of possible abuses in the financing of the ruling party end up in court, they are not resolved for years

Interview

Siniša Janković: Political corruption is the worst kind of corruption

"Political corruption is significantly different from other forms of corruption, but it is very successfully hidden among them. Also, she is disastrous for society and others are not. Because if a nurse receives 10 euros, it cannot harm the state, and if a politician receives a billion euros, it can."

Croatia

Trial of Croatian politicians: When institutions do their job

Due to a series of corruption scandals, Croatian politicians in recent years can often be found in the "black chronicle" sections of the media. Investigative and judicial authorities have their hands full, and as things stand now, it seems that there are no protected persons. Officials of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) are at the forefront of shady dealings, but some of the Croatian Social Democrats (SDP) also slip through. The well-known phrase of Serbian politicians "just let the institutions do their job", the judicial authorities in Croatia put it into practice

In the new issue

The fall of Boyko Borisov: Nothing personal, brother

Although his political opponents would like it to happen to him, the Serbian president is far from the prison fate that befell many of his colleagues from the region. Unlike them, he seems to have more luck, as he has far more control in his hands

News

Research on corruption: Serbia is again in the bottom half of the world

According to the research on corruption in the public sector conducted by the Transparency Serbia organization, out of one hundred ideals, the corruption index in Serbia is 38, the same as last year.

Personal attitude

State crime in the light of logical analysis

The first and probably the most important function and obligation of government is the maintenance of legal order and the protection of rights and freedoms. If there are many "crimes" in society, including "horrible and shocking" ones, it means that the government has not performed its basic duty properly. This is the most shocking criticism of the government, which this time came from within its ranks