ALBANIA FEATURE – MONEY LAUNDERING
March 1st, 2004
BY MARK ROWEMENTION Albania and money, and the image that comes to mind is of the extraordinary pyramid schemes that gripped the country in the mid-1990s as the country stepped out into a post-Stalinist dawn. Albanians poured their assets into the schemes, with an enthusiasm that was as remarkable as it was misguided. The idea was that initial investors were paid off with the funds of later investors. Their inevitable collapse led to riots and a similar crumpling by the government of the day.Yet at the same time as the pyramid schemes were raising eyebrows across ...
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