{"id":25872,"date":"2021-11-24T14:25:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=25872"},"modified":"2021-11-24T14:27:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:27:38","slug":"ambassador-kim-arrest-of-corrupted-politicians-is-just-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ambassador-kim-arrest-of-corrupted-politicians-is-just-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Kim: Arrest of corrupted politicians is just the beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim warned that the removal or even imprisonment of judges, prosecutors, and corrupted politicians is \u201cjust the beginning\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlbania achieved tangible success in 2021, from ousting corrupted judges to sentencing high-level prosecutors, including a former prosecutor general, to the arrest of politicians and police officers. This is just the beginning, we\u2019re seeing a new era where the system serves to the people and not the strongest, the wealthy, and criminals\u201d, declared Ambassador Kim in a meeting with donors, also attended by interior minister Bledi Cuci.<\/p>\n<p>Kim stressed that having independent institutions that support the rule of law is the only to tackle organized crime, corruption, and violent extremism.<\/p>\n<p>The US Ambassador also said that Albania remains a key cross point for illegal drugs and human traffickers in Europe and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of the EU Delegation to Albania, Ambassador Luigi Soreca, reiterated the bloc\u2019s support on tackling organized crime, corruption, environmental crimes and the handling of migrants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/2 Fighting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/organisedcrime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#organisedcrime<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/corruption?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#corruption<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/environmental?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#environmental<\/a> crimes, as well as managing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/migration?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#migration<\/a> are key priorities for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a>\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa and for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Albania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Albania<\/a>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1on its \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfaaccession path. Improving local governance &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/roadsafety?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#roadsafety<\/a> is also essential. The\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfawill continue to support\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 to pursue.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/od3Gq8tlAC\">pic.twitter.com\/od3Gq8tlAC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Luigi Soreca\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa (@LSorecaEU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSorecaEU\/status\/1463450945619124228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, the Albanian administration must ensure accountability and transparency for the significant European Union financial investment and should pursue this as a key objective of its planning and programming activities\u201d, wrote Ambassador Soreca on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim warned that the removal or even imprisonment of judges, prosecutors, and corrupted politicians is \u201cjust the beginning\u201d. \u201cAlbania achieved tangible success in 2021, from ousting corrupted judges to sentencing high-level prosecutors, including a former prosecutor general, to the arrest of politicians and police officers. 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