1.   Sometimes associated with shady pyramid schemes, network marketing thrives on word-of-mouth referrals.

2.   The FTC advises consumers to learn the difference between legal multi-level marketing plans and shady pyramid schemes.

3.   After months of unrest primed by the collapse of shady pyramid schemes where most Albanians had invested in, many believe the new general elections would help ease tensions.

4.   After months of unrest primed by the collapse of shady pyramid schemes most Albanians had invested in, many believe the new general elections would help ease tensions.

5.   In what resembles a shady pyramid investment scheme, they are being promoted for raising for their fur and meat.

6.   Months of unrest were primed by the collapse of shady pyramid schemes in which most Albanians had invested.

7.   Nearly every Albanian family lost money in the shady pyramid funds, but southerners, generally better-off than northerners, lost the most.

8.   Nearly every Albanian lost money in shady pyramid fund schemes tolerated by the government.

9.   Schools closed almost two months ago when protests over the collapse of shady pyramid schemes turned violent.

10.   Albania has been shaken by more than six weeks of protests following the implosion of shady pyramid schemes which robbed thousands of already poor Albanians of their life savings.