According to Albanian code, a victim's family can avenge a slaying by killing any of the killer's male relatives. As a result, the men are prisoners in their own homes.
An estimated 20,000 people have been ensnared by blood feuds in Albania, a desperately poor country struggling to uphold the rule of law after decades of dictatorship.
FushëKrujë, Albania - In 1994, when Agim Loci was 23, his friend tried to rape a girl. Muzi.com News 10073035-0 (muzi.com) The girl's two brothers thwarted the attack at the last moment. But the matter did not stop there: The family wanted revenge.