An outlook of organized crime in southern Balkans / Serbianna, 3 February 2007
http://www.serbianna.com/columns/michaletos/009.shtml
Ioannis Michaletos
"Since the end of the Communist era in the Balkans in the early 90’s, organized crime activities have soared, by expanding their activities in fields such as narcotics, trafficking, racketeering and goods smuggling. The civil wars in Yugoslavia and the continuous strife in Albania provided an excellent framework on which crime syndicates became stronger and gained political and societal clout."