Editorial: Thorough investigation needed on Xhafaj affair

The case of Agron Xhafaj, brother of Interior Minister Fatmir Xhafaj, has led to renewed conflict in Albania’s political scene. But, perhaps more importantly, it has raised questions among Albanians that require better answers than what the public has received so far.   Agron Xhafaj is now said to have gone to Italy to serve a prison sentence issued back in 2002 for drug trafficking. Albania’s opposition says his brother, Fatmir Xhafaj, first as a powerful Socialist lawmaker and then as minister of interior shielded him for years. Fatmir Xhafaj has denied the charges and said his brother was at…