
The operation of the Albanian Police to dismantle the security cameras illegally installed throughout the country has echoed in the international media. One of the biggest and most important newspapers in Germany, Frankfurter Rundschau, published an article on the issue of crime cameras in Albania.
" The clans in Albania have almost everything under control thanks to surveillance technology. Experts talk about 'technological superiority of criminal groups '", the newspaper points out. Trust is a good thing, omnidirectional control is becoming more and more common. Even in the Balkans, surveillance cameras at intersections, pedestrian areas and traffic lanes have long been a familiar sight.
Crossing borders, Police and security authorities in the multi-state labyrinth are increasingly targeting their 'sheep' with Western or Chinese technology.
However, cameras illegally installed on Albania's dusty streets, which are by no means secret or hidden, are increasingly raising the vexing question in the EU candidate country of who exactly is the big brother of 2.8 million children. of the country. That's because many of the surveillance lenses, which are mushrooming, have been installed not only by law enforcement officers in the Adriatic state, but also by lawbreakers: powerful but often rival drug clans, not only do they monitor each other with cameras and drones, but also the police.
Police in Albania dismantled more than 220 illegal cameras in the capital alone. In mid-January, Albanian police in the city of Shkodra dismantled more than 50 illegal cameras for the first time. From Durrës, Elbasan, Fieri, Korça or Vlora - more than 450 cameras have already been removed throughout the country. In Tirana alone, more than 220 illegally installed surveillance devices were tracked down and dismantled.
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT
The news about security cameras with suspicious owners has not only raised concerns about data security in Albania. "The technological superiority of criminal groups, compared to the state, is very blatant", says Erida Skendaj, chair of the Helsinki Committee in Tirana. "Illegal surveillance cameras in Albania raise concerns about the power of gangs", writes the "Balkan Insight" agency. Drug clans in Albania monitor each other with illegal cameras.
Edhe dhjetëra arrestime të personave të dyshuar për instalimin dhe funksionimin e kamerave të paligjshme vështirë se mund të zbusin shqetësimet e aktivistëve të të drejtave civile, mbrojtësve të të dhënave dhe ekspertëve të sigurisë në lidhje me ndikimin në rritje të mafies së drogës në Shqipëri. Shqipëria vlerësohet se është një nga prodhuesit më të mëdhenj të kanabisit në kontinent. Qoftë me larje të përgjakshme hesapesh, vrasje me porosi apo shpërthime me eksploziv- klanet e drogës nuk dinë të ndalen në luftën e tyre të ashpër për treg dhe pushtet.
So in Albania the robbers monitor the gendarmes? With cameras and drones, drug gangs can monitor plantations, properties and neighborhoods much cheaper and more effectively than with guards and security services, investigative journalist Artan Hoxha explains for the Sot portal. "Criminal gangs have the best security system. And their operational centers are better than those of the Police". But the clans put the cameras less for the Police and more for each other, says Hoxha. "You can find underworld cameras everywhere in Albania. The clans install them for their own safety - and for the safety of their families". / Frankfurter Rundschau