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• Montenegro, Macedonia recognize Kosovo
Serbia has not had effective control over Kosovo since 1999, when NATO led air strikes that halted former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists. For years, it was administered by both NATO and the United Nations
• Sex, drugs and guns in the Balkans
It also has a political purpose — supporting the purchase of arms for Albanian rebels. Nearly two years after NATO troops drove Serb forces from this region, rebels are believed to still be skimming profits from drug and sex slave trafficking to ...
• 2. Escaping brutal bondage in Europe
In Velesta, a key transit town in the sex trade where women are beaten and raped into submission, Natasha was bought by Meti, an ethnic Albanian pimp wanted by the Macedonian police on smuggling and prostitution charges. “Meti beat me if he heard ...
• U.S. Embassy arson suspect faces arrest
Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders declared independence Feb. 17, and the U.S. and major EU governments immediately recognized Pristina's government. Serbia has refused to endorse the move, vowing to one day retake Kosovo. Belgrade has faced sharp ...
• Sex, drugs and guns in the Balkans
The arms used by ethnic Albanian separatists in the Balkans are partially funded by profits generated by trafficking in white slaves and drugs.