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On Speedboats, Legal Again, Albania’s Illicit Sex Trade Could Flare

Date: July 16, 2009

Author: Dan Bilefsky

QUOTE: the Albanian government three years ago barred all Albanian citizens from using speedboats, the favored transportation used by traffickers to get people out of the country. But the ban prompted loud protests from fishermen and people in the tourism industry, and in May it was reversed. Law enforcement and human rights officials are concerned that as a result, human trafficking may explode anew...

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  • Abuse of Power (Organizations)
  • Information
    • Truth / Honesty / Lying / Cheating

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Government scandals/corruption
    • Human Rights

• Law & Justice
  • Criminal Law
    • Kidnapping/Slavery
    • Prostitution/Sodomy
  • Non-US systems: International Law

• Social Sciences & Groups
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    • Income Distribution/Poverty

• Europe
  • Balkans
    • Albania

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