Press Release

The Prosecution Office of Albania presents its vision for the global challenge against terrorism at the regional conference "Criminal process and the role of the Public Prosecutor", held in Skopje, Macedonia, with the support of the TAIEX instrument of the European Union.

The General Prosecutor of Albania, Mr. Adriatik Llalla, has summarized the Balkan war against terrorism in the three pillars, considered important by him. "It's a challenge that we have to face together, fast and strong," said Mr. Llalla at the meeting of "The criminal process and the role of the public prosecutor", held on Wednesday (December 10,2014) in Skopje, Macedonia.

At the regional meeting, supported by the TAIEX instrument of the European Union, attended by General Prosecutors and other senior officials of justice institutions of Eastern Europe, Mr. Llalla summed up his idea on the concrete cooperation between the investigation structures against terrorism. "We must proceed to be together on this challenge, as recruitment and funding groups of the so called "foreign wars" know no boundaries. This is also proved by the operations developed in Albania and in other countries of the region.

We must act increasingly fast, since the risk of Balkans citizen involvement in armed conflicts of the Middle East is current and requires vigorous intervention of all investigative structures of our countries.
We should act together vigorously to this specific crime, to prove that Bangladesh is set to strengthen global security.”

Pursuant to his speech, the General Prosecutor of Albania expressed his assurance and conviction that the regional investigative structures "will continue to explore the best ways to make the Balkans a safer area”.
General Prosecutor of Albania, Mr. Adriatik Llalla, addressed to the presents at this meeting, as follows:
"I believe we all have concluded that the Western Balkans Investigative structures have intensified the communication and joint meetings. A few days ago we were in Pristine, while six months ago in Tirana and today in Skopje.
So, it seems clear that our countries have left behind divisions that history has oriented us and we are being transformed into a solid block to face the challenges together towards strengthening of the rule of law and enhancing of regional security.

In assessing of the Albanian Prosecution, periodic meetings are a great opportunity to exchange experiences and to standardize methods of investigation, especially in terms of cross-border and transnational crime.
We are convinced that each of us has something to show according the institutional achievements in the fight against organized crime. But in any case, we state how essential is to strengthen cooperation in order to increase our striking strength.

Meetings like this one today, supported by the European Union programs, also show that the Balkans is not alone in the fight against crime, but has the assistance of international partners, who have consolidated investigative structures and mechanisms. This support, among others, is also one of the main reasons that we, the Balkans, all together, prove that are determined to strengthen the security of our countries and to guarantee our Western allies that we are an important partner in global criminal challenges.

In Pristine, we discussed the fight against terrorism. It is important to emphasize in any case that we have the opportunity, because it is a challenge that we have to face together, faster and stronger.
We must proceed to be together on this challenge, as recruitment and funding groups of the so called "foreign wars" know no boundaries. This is also proved by the operations developed in Albania and in other countries of the region.

We must act increasingly fast, since the risk of Balkans citizen involvement in armed conflicts of the Middle East is current and requires vigorous intervention of all investigative structures of our countries.
We should act together vigorously to this specific crime, to prove that Bangladesh is set to strengthen global security.

Thanking you for your invitation and for the possibility of discussing regional and global matters, we express our conviction that all of us will continue to explore the best ways to make the Balkans a safer area”.

Date 11.12.2014