Organised crime networks are using call centres in Albania to defraud people across Europe, conning them with promises of big profits from scam investments and employing sophisticated social-engineering techniques.
https://t.co/2csf9KuZET
The investment of Trump's son-in-law in a proposed 10,000-bed resort near a protected wildlife area that’s home to flamingos, turtles and one of Europe’s most pristine river deltas ignited Albania's biggest popular protests in recent history. https://t.co/TT21dAz5Yw
Durante casi dos semanas, los albaneses han salido a las calles para rechazar el apoyo del primer ministro Edi Rama a un megaproyecto turístico del cuñado de Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, y su esposa, Ivanka Trump. ➡️ https://t.co/JfGyzksn6S
White sand beaches, blue waters, flora and fauna. The island of Sazan is a jewel in the Adriatic Sea, the westernmost point of Albania.
But the former Cold War-era base is now in a vibrant nature preserve. It's also an inviting prospect for real estate developers. Chief among them: Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. And their plans are running headlong into Albanians who want to keep what's theirs.
@SimonOstrovsky and producer @katia_patin report from Albania on a small island at the center of a big controversy.
"Act without delay."
The EU Commission warns Albania that a planned resort on an environmentally sensitive island must respect EU environmental standards.
EU candidate Albania is the second most advanced country in the accession process, as @MaredGwyn reports for #EuropeToday.
In tiny Albania, over a hundred thousand people have been in the streets against an environmentally disastrous luxury resort planned by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his Qatari billionaire partners.
This is what global oligarchy looks like — and the people are saying NO.
Kenyan police fired tear gas to disperse people marching against plans to build on part of Nairobi National Park, arresting at least nine protesters, witnesses said, including David Maraga, the country's former chief justice https://t.co/MVE4B97x3r
🚨🇦🇱 BREAKING: 11.00 PM in Tirana, Albania
✊️🇦🇱More than 150,000 protesters are still on the streets of the Albanian capital, opposing the controversial Trump–Kushner resort project and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama
✊️The protests show no signs of slowing down
#Albania
Albanian anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating a luxury resort project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as protests from citizens and environmental organizations over the development persist.
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