SP: Italian mafia in waste management business

The Socialists opposed and accused the Democrats of allowing dangerous waste materials to enter our country, which doesn’t have the capacities for keeping them under control.

“Your initiatives were presented to the country based on the propositions for processing the domestic waste materials with burning implants, bringing waste materials from foreign countries and for depositing even radioactive substances inside abandoned mines. Poor countries like Albania are targeted by the mafia that operates for making great benefits by depositing and eliminating dangerous waste materials. Unfortunately, the transition of these wastes through our territory holds great risks due to the lack of capacities and the high tendencies of corruption in Albania. We will not be surprised to know one day that the pollution problem is being resolved with one of this government’s clients, when it is known that several groups see Albania as an oasis where people can profit by depositing dangerous materials”, Ruka declared.

The Socialist MP, Arben Malaj addressed to the Majority by saying that with the law that has been proposed by them, every Albanian investor has the right to build a large plant and say to the government after six months that they don’t have anymore capacity, because the maximal capacity of the Albanian waste materials is known in theory.

“You will incite investments in this industry, which will not be based on cleaning the Albanian environment, but will focus on the waste management business”, Malaj declared.

In his speech, the Socialist MP Taulant Balla declared that the draft law has been ordered by mafia interests from other countries that want to build such implants in Albania for burying their waste materials.

“According to the ‘Scoria’ project, the second volume planned by the Regional Agency for Preventing Pollution and Protecting Environment, centered in Puglia, Albania needs more implants not for its own waste materials, but for those of Europe. The report, after consulting the plans with the Albanian government, mentions that these these big companies will be the ones to build the waste processing plants. The cities chosen are Vlora, Elbasani, Berati and Gjirokaster, with a total value of 120 million EUR”, Balla declared.

According to him, the Wikileaks data show among other things what the US Consul in Napoli has written:

“Camorra and Ndranghetta have set their eyes over Albania for the waste management business, because there is being approved a law for processing inert materials and the Albanian government is opening its doors to this project.”

“The Consul advises the US State Department to take measures and inform the Albanian government to avoid this danger that threatens them from the two biggest Italian mafia organizations”, Balla declared.

The law for managing the waste materials has a cost of 132 million EUR, part of which will be used for constructing the landfills.

“This law provides the import of waste materials only for recycling them and prevents the importation of dangerous waste materials,” declared the Director of Policies at the Environment Ministry, Pellumb Abeshi.

Opposition MPs opposed 50% of the clauses of this law, and emphasized that the import of waste materials in the country is being urged by big businesses of this industry.

The law for the waste materials is part of the EU recommendations.

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