Author: admin 24 November 2015

Current Situation

September begun with a striking episode of violence between rival fis (extended families) in which an Albanian politician was involved. The press pointed to MP Armando Prenga charged of shooting a man during a clash between rival fis. The cause of the conflict lies in the assignment of a contract for the exploitation of Patok lagoon, in the area of Laç. Moreover, some cases of hakmarrje were found out from the monitoring of crime news. It is important to point out what happened on September 16^th in Bathore, a small town close to Tirana. Milazim Shehu, a family man, was killed because of a conflict over a property which had already caused two deaths in 2012. It is significant the fact that the victim had begged the intervention of the former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, before the beginning of the bloodshed, “in order to take concrete decisions and not resort on Kanun” (http://www.gazeta-shqip.com/lajme/2015/09/18/vritet-nga-kusheriri-me-12-goditje-thike-inspektori-i-ikmt-se/).