A growing number of women are being drawn by international criminal networks into Albania from impoverished countries on the promise of lucrative sex work and a potential gateway to Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/crime-legal/women-albania-sex-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #sexcrimes #prostitution #pornography #albania #organizedcrime #humantrafficking
Even the utility box art smokes here. #Albania

The Vjosa River in #Albania is one of the largest free-flowing wild rivers in Europe.
In 2023, it was declared Europe’s first Wild River National Park.
But even the Vjosa is under threat. Ironically, it is being endangered by the very people coming to admire its wildness
Many people are coming by car. Visitors drink water from plastic bottles, which end up in the Vjosa river. There is no proper sewage system in place
The Vjosa River in #Albania is one of the largest free-flowing wild rivers in Europe.
In 2023, it was declared Europe’s first Wild River National Park.
But even the Vjosa is under threat. Ironically, it is being endangered by the very people coming to admire its wildness
Many people are coming by car. Visitors drink water from plastic bottles, which end up in the Vjosa river. There is no proper sewage system in place
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I feel bad that I can't ID the street tree. But I took this photo because someone planted a grape vine there and it's not just growing up through the tree's canopy, but it's giving fruit. #Albania#FruitToot#UrbanForest
I feel bad that I can't ID the street tree. But I took this photo because someone planted a grape vine there and it's not just growing up through the tree's canopy, but it's giving fruit. #Albania#FruitToot#UrbanForest

It may look like a motortrike, but it's a tricycle. After I took this photo, I saw him messing with the rusty chain, trying to fix something.
It may look like a motortrike, but it's a tricycle. After I took this photo, I saw him messing with the rusty chain, trying to fix something.

I took this shot of a woman riding on the rear rack of their friend's bike. This was around 8am on a hot day and traffic was just starting up cutting through Skanderbeg Square. Lots of cyclists, mopedders, scooter riders, motorcyclists, e-scooter riders, etc. go through here. #BikeNite#Albania
I took this shot of a woman riding on the rear rack of their friend's bike. This was around 8am on a hot day and traffic was just starting up cutting through Skanderbeg Square. Lots of cyclists, mopedders, scooter riders, motorcyclists, e-scooter riders, etc. go through here. #BikeNite#Albania