What is the Albanian connection to Italian organized crime?

What will be an ideal response?


Since 1992, ethnic Albanian organized crime groups have profited greatly from instability and war in the Balkans to become the fastest growing ethnic criminal presence in Europe, with operations reaching as far as Australia and the United States (LaVerle et al. 2003). Albanian influence in the Mezzogiorno dates back to the migration of Albanians driven from their country by the Ottoman invasion in the fifteenth century. Known as arbresheri, many settled in Calabria and Sicily where they quickly integrated with the existing culture of southern Italy (Bequai 1979).
Once the most isolated country in Europe, Albania became a haven for local and foreign criminal groups after the collapse of its Stalinist regime in the early 1990s.

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The case of ________ provided indigent defendants with the right to counsel in capital cases

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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About how many states require cases to be dismissed if a defendant failed to receive a speedy trial?

a. 10 b. 35 c. All of the above d. None of the above

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Which of the following was identified as concern for the use of body-worn cameras?

a. protection of officers b. greater transparency c. protection of citizens d. more bureaucracy

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There are about ________ in the United States on death row

A) ?100 B) ?300 C) ?1,500 D) 3,000 E) 12,000

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