Albanian criminology professor Ervin Karamuço has claimed that Serbia’s intelligence service, BIA, has achieved what he described as two significant results affecting Albania over the past month, pointing to developments surrounding the judicial process in The Hague and damage to the public reputation of Albania’s State Intelligence Service (SHISH).
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“The risks we face, especially from BIA, are significant. BIA has achieved two victories against us within a month,” Karamuço said, referring to the situation surrounding the Hague proceedings and the developments involving SHISH.
According to Karamuço, the recent developments have affected public perceptions of Albania’s intelligence institutions.
He specifically argued that SHISH’s reputation has suffered and suggested that this could have consequences beyond the institution itself.
“The decline of this institution is also partly our fault. Where is there an intelligence service of an unfriendly country that can overnight destroy the reputation of another country’s intelligence service?” Karamuço said.
The professor further argued that such developments could be exploited by foreign actors seeking to influence public perceptions of Albania’s security institutions.
Karamuço’s comments come amid heightened attention in Albania to the country’s intelligence and security structures and their exposure to regional geopolitical pressures.
His characterization of BIA’s actions as “victories” represents his assessment of the situation and was not presented in the interview as an independently established finding. The specific links between the Serbian intelligence service and the developments cited by Karamuço would require further evidence and confirmation from relevant institutions.