In a television interview, Kuko said that the meeting in Milan with the Albanian nationals was very energetic.

She emphasized that the participation was above the capacity of the hall where the meeting was held.

Among other things, the deputy minister emphasized that, in the meeting, the prime minister gave the message of a clear political platform on how Albania views its Diaspora in Italy, but also what we are doing with the Italian state for their well-being.

As for the expenses for the tour, Kuko said that this part belongs to the Socialist Party, which has certain funds to cover these expenses.

“We have said that the meeting with the Diaspora comes within the framework of the re-energization of the structures, of the very agenda that we have connected with the Albanians. Meetings in Albania, in every region, are over and now we are meeting all Albanians outside the borders. When it comes to the part of expenses, it belongs to the Socialist Party, which has certain funds to cover these expenses”, said Kuko. /p.s./

The Deputy Minister of Interior Romina Kuko attended Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons in Vienna, Austria, to analyze the current prevention efforts and offer solutions to reshape approaches to prevention of this phenomenon.

This important conference also focused minors’ protection and efforts to protect children online.

More than 800 experts from the governments of OSCE member countries, civil society, business and academia, a more aggressive trajectory was agreed upon in the fight against the phenomenon.

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Deputy Interior Minister Romina Kuko said in a press statement on Monday that a total of 100 vacancies are created for best performing students to take up jobs and lead an excellent career in the State Police.

Kuko noted that eligible applicants should have a grade point average 8, bachelor or master degrees in law, economics, and information technology.

“The group of 100 young boys and girls will be recruited in the Security Academy as part of the best performing or excellence group, as they meet a set of criteria and they are graduated in law, economics, or IT, with a grade point average 8,” Kuko said,

According to her, close cooperation is being forged with Tirana University in a bid to enhance professional capacities of Police Academy.

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in cooperation with the National Anti-Trafficking Coordination Office in the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Albania and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France held the expert Regional Group Meeting on January 18-19 “Strengthening the identification and protection of trafficked persons, especially for the purpose of forced criminality, including training curricula in Southeast Europe”.

Also, Kuko said that attending the meeting were law enforcement officers who shared best practices in the fight against human trafficking.

“This meeting gathered law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, charged with the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking and organized crime, national and international organizations, civil society as well as representatives of institutions from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece , Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia to share experiences, challenges, good practices”, Kuko wrote./p.s./