In this tiny remote corner between Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro, illicit smuggling is the rule, backed by inefficient and often accommodating authorities. Roberta Petrillo reports.

Information gathered by Balkanalysis.com from police sources, media reports and special field research in Athens indicates a steep increase in organized crime in Greece.

«French youth are not at drift, but cannabis consumption is very much spread» despite the increase in the number of cannabis seizures in the past 20 years

Sexual exploitation of children and women trafficked into Northern Ireland by international crime gangs is on the rise across the province, a major Government report has warned

Schengen visa liberalisation has become the European Union’s engagement ring countries in South Eastern Europe that aspire to membership of the bloc

This dossier intends to give an overview of two specific issues that have become of tremendous actuality in Bulgaria since the fall of the Soviet Union: the collusion between politics and organized crime – from now on referred to as “corruption” – and the low level of freedom of press.