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Call center guru turned MP condemns UK banks’ policy refusing accounts to Albanian politicians

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TIRANA, Sept. 15 – Albania’s call center guru turned politician Agron Shehaj says he was surprised to learn that he had his bank account in England closed down soon after he was elected an MP with the opposition Democratic Party from the June 25 general elections. Speaking this week in Parliament in the first speech as an MP, Albania’s most successful businessman in the call center industry said the fact that all Albanian politicians are banned to hold accounts with banks in the UK is an indicator of the poor credibility of Albanian politics. “I felt really bad when I…

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