“He was clean, and was even one of our best specialists.”
“The bucket with its steel teeth sank slowly into the soft ground and dug for over an hour.”
Spartak Poçi“‘I will never forget that night; those distressed faces. I often fall asleep and remember all three,’ the officer told me.”
“We are still searching for the grave — the bones — while he has reached immortality.”
Artan Rama
Artan Rama is a freelance journalist based in Tirana who has produced several television programs. In 2016, he won second prize in the EU Investigative Journalism Awards. Recently, he has been reporting stories about environmental crime, exploitation of natural resources, and sustainable development.
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