Corruption in the Balkans

Kosovo outgoing Minister of Justice Albulena Haxhiu at the documentary launch in Pristina. Photo: BIRN/Fatrion Ibrahimi.

Money Laundering Causes Poverty, Income Disparity in Balkans, Says BIRN Film

A new BIRN documentary shows how money laundering has been increasing poverty, prices and income inequality in Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro.

In a Kosovo Mountain Resort, Villas, Bribes and a Big-Name Scandal

The prosecutor behind one of Kosovo’s biggest ever corruption cases is confident of success despite the efforts of deep-pocketed ‘businessmen’ and – he believes – dishonest judges to derail him.


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