I've posted here before - I'm a journalist whose spent the last two years or so on a six part series on Albanian transnational organized crime.

I got pretty deep into this world and the work was well received by the press, law enforcement (FBI), US Department of Justice, investigators, academia, the Albanian community. I subsequently received a grant to go overseas to Albania.

My final piece in the series was just published. It's two parts - - here's part 1, reporting on the ground in Albania and on a NYC federal trial and on a particular criminal crew- the hits, trafficking, kidnapping,talking to the players involved. Part 2 will be published shortly -- it's more of a deep overview, analysis and documentation of this whole world, the scope of the problem. And they are truly far reaching in what they have going on.

Below is the link; I appreciate the chance to post here and let you all have a look:
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/po...-crime?page=all