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Open Society Foundation: Links among gangs, business, politics hamper freedom of expression

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TIRANA, Dec. 4 – The link among criminal gangs, business and politics has sharply evolved and become sophisticated during the past quarter of a century of Albania’s transition to democracy and market economy reaching a degree that hampers freedom of expression, a study conducted by the Open Society Foundation for Albania has unveiled. “Organized crime has managed to neutralize society to the degree of freedom of expression, seriously infringing the reporting culture,” shows the report. Examining the evolution of organized crime structures in Albania from 1990 to 2015, researchers Fabian Zhilla and Besfort Lamllari say organized crime, business and politics…

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