Balkans: June 17, 2004

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The March riots in Kosovo have produced 200 criminal cases, but progress against the accused is slow, and most locals believe that little will come of it. 

In Albania, police have noticed the Colombian drug gangs moving in, apparently to set up a distribution network for their cocaine. The Albanian criminal gangs support Albanian nationalists, and use some of the money they make illegally to advance the cause of "Greater Albania"