Editorial: ‘Straight out of ‘Gomorrah’: the story of an abused girl and what is wrong with Albania

To the follower of novels or drama series such as ‘Gomorrah’ or ‘Narcos’, the story that has gripped the Albanian political and public debate in the last days would seem extremely familiar. The script writers of every mafia show out there should take notes from the Albanian stories, they might like the colorful details for lack of a better word. The plot however remains the same: strong and complex links between organized crime and politics, especially visible at the local level which generate absurd, dark and twisted realities for those governed. A simple village girl, whose father has died long…