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ell, not quite. But Albania is (or was) one of its stranger offspring. A hermit kingdom wedged between the turbulent Balkans and Greece. A place stunted by its last strongman leader – Enver Hoxha – who died 25 years ago. It’s been awhile since I’ve been on soil still leaching out the poisons of the rusting iron curtain. The first question that I’m looking to answer – is corruption still a low risk, high reward activity?