Don’t forget crime fight

TIRANA, Oct. 03 – The United Nations office in the country has warned its employees to be very careful because of a spread of crime in the capital Tirana. It said there are more robbing in the streets.
That follows many cases in which usually women are the victims of such violent thefts. Robbers grab jewels and bags from the women. And the warning continues to add that robbers are violent. In one case earlier this summer a woman waskilled with a knife by a robber.
There is an increasing number of crimes recently. The media reports every day of any murder here and there, basically because of blood feud, car accidents or jealousy.
That is a good reason why the authorities, together with all the other officials and politicians, should join forces to fight the crime.
Crime has no political colors but it exploits so well the political conflicts when the top leaders and authorities are more focused in their daily squabbling than fighting crime.
Fighting crime remains a top priority and a precondition for the country’s integration process into the European Union.
That was also made clear by the EU ambassador in Tirana Ettore Sequi while in central Elbasan to inaugurate the new pre-trial detention center.
He reminded that the EU has invested some 60 million euros in Albania in recent years to improve living conditions and treatment in places of detention, through the construction of new penitentiary infrastructures, training of prisons staff and through civil society actions.
But he also added that strengthening the rule of law, promoting human rights is a key priority on the European Union’s agenda and in the European Integration process. The European Union has repeatedly stressed the need for strong progress to be made by the Albanian authorities to complement the government’s actions in recent years.
“It is now up to Albania to demonstrate its capacity to move to the next stage of EU integration, in particular by improving the rule of law”, said Sequi.