US Ambassador Yuri Kim visited today the premises of SPAK in Tirana. It has been learned that Kim entered the premises of the building while today the 28 agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH) swear and take the badge, a unit set up especially with the support of the Americans.
It is learned that during the visit to SPAK Yuri Kim met Arben Kraja and Aida Hajnaj.
After the visit to SPAK, the American diplomat wrote in a Twitter post that the work of NBI investigators is important and difficult, but they will succeed. Kim writes that the US will support them in the fight against corruption and organized crime.
Met today w/first NBI Investigators, who are completing training. Their job is important & difficult, but they will succeed. The people of ?? are counting on them; their families are proud of them; ?? will strongly support them in the fight against corruption & organized crime.
— Ambassador Yuri Kim (@USAmbAlbania) July 1, 2021
Her visit to this important institution in terms of investigating corruption at high levels of government comes a day after meetings in Tirana of senior US official Philip Reeker. During these meetings, Rreker stressed that the fight against corruption is also of fundamental interest to the United States, while offering support for Justice Reform. /abcnews.al

