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The General Directorate of Prevention of Money Laundering (DPPPP) is restructured into the Financial Intelligence Agency.
This agency with its headquarters in Tirana, with the scope of activity throughout the territory, will deal with the prevention of money laundering and products originating from criminal offenses, as well as the prevention of the financing of terrorism.
AIF like DPPPP will be under the Ministry of Finance, will be financed from the state budget and organized at the central level. In yesterday's decision of the government, her duties are set. This Agency has the duty to administer, process, analyze and distribute to the competent authorities data, reports and information on the issues of money laundering and terrorist financing.
Also, in point 12 of this decision, AIF makes clear the cooperation with SPAK, the Bureau of SHISH or with foreign counterpart agencies to exchange information related to money laundering and terrorist financing
It also exchanges information with the prosecutions of the general jurisdiction, the Special Prosecutor's Office, the State Police, the National Bureau of Investigation, the State Information Service and other competent law enforcement or intelligence authorities on the issues of cleaning the proceeds of the criminal offense, the offenses criminal or criminal activities that generate proceeds of crime and terrorist financing;
Exchange information with any counterpart foreign agency, subject to similar confidentiality obligations' is stated in point 12 b and c. The agency publishes a list of places for the restriction or control of transactions or business relations of subjects, proportional to the risks identified.
"Mainly, based on a decision of the Council of Ministers, or for the cases requested by the Special Financial Action Group, other international organizations, from which obligations arise for the Republic of Albania, issue a list of countries for restriction and/or control of the transactions or business relations of the entities, proportional to the identified risks, these decisions are mandatory for implementation by the entities and state authorities that have obligations under this law"
The structure of the Financial Intelligence Agency and its staff are approved by order of the Prime Minister. The employees of the agency will no longer have the status of Civil Servants, but the labor relations will be regulated according to the provisions in force of the Labor Code.
The General Director of the AIF is appointed, released or dismissed by decision of the Council of Ministers, with the proposal of the minister responsible for finance. Reports in writing directly to the minister responsible for finance and the Prime Minister, whenever requested, but not less than twice a year on the activity of the AIF and the problems encountered related to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing;
Likewise, he reports every time he is asked to the parliamentary committees of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania on the activity of the AIF. The Director also directs and guides the work of the inter-institutional technical group for the prevention of money laundering, within the Coordination Committee of the Fight against Money Laundering.
Take a decision on the granting of administrative measures for administrative offenses committed by the subjects of the legislation in force for the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism; The director must have at least 15 years of work experience, of which at least 5 (five) years at the management level in the public administration, as well as have a security certificate.
This decision enters into force after publication in the "Official Gazette".
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