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Bullet-proof glass, armored structure with fortified parts and advanced safety systems improve performance, without leaving behind comfort and luxury. It's not an ad, but a list of armored car features, similar to the Aston Martin in James Bond's No Time To Die.
" Armored vehicles are intended to be used not for ordinary people, but for characters who have a special importance in a city or country," Faik Basha, an expert on security issues, told A2 CNN.
In the world, armored cars are generally owned by politicians, businessmen, personalities from the world of art, culture or religion, prosecutors or courts or even soldiers. "Data from the General Directorate of Road Transport Services show that there are 373 registered armored vehicles in the country. Most of them, 182, are cars mainly owned by individuals, followed by vehicles for special use, and those for specific or mixed transport ," says Basha.
" As for the armored vehicles registered with individual owners, their number is calculated at 84. The vast majority of them received a special permit in the mixed transport category ," Fatjon Softa, an expert on security issues, tells A2 CNN .
In order to own an armored car, the accompanying documents with the vehicle's technical and ownership indicators, issued by the official bodies of the country from which the vehicle comes, are needed, such as: traffic permit or ownership certificate. You also need the customs clearance document, Ownership certificate and Vehicle Insurance Contract. Most of them are of "Mercedes Benz", Audi, Land Cruiser, Cadillac or Lincoln brands.
Having an armored car is a right of everyone in the world who meets the conditions, but what distinguishes Albanians from the citizens of many other countries is the purpose of owning it. In Albania, a category of people who use the armored car for none of these motives and even more so in the police files have "history", potentially remains a threat to public safety.
Meanwhile, although officially the number of armored vehicles in the country is around 400, the figure is estimated to be many times higher. This is because most bulletproof cars are unregistered and undocumented.
However, armored cars do not always translate into invulnerability of life. Although he owned two armored Mercedes Benz G500 and S500, this did not stop the murder of Edison Harizaj from Vlora in 2018. Known as "Il Padrino" and with a criminal record, the 39-year-old was killed by a barrage of bullets while moving in Durrës.
In order to seize these vehicles commonly used in criminal events, at the beginning of 2020, the implementation of the "Forca e Lagiti" operation began.
Earlier, the same operation took place, unsuccessfully, in 2017. Today, it is not difficult to understand that the State Police has failed over the years to provide and control armored vehicles, neglecting the "CVs" of criminal assets of the persons who own them.
Meanwhile, buying an armored car in Albania is very simple! Just one click on the websites dedicated to the sale of vehicles and you are only a phone call away from the opportunity to make your own a car that you can shoot a gun from, that is to accomplish a criminal purpose or just use it for protection .
Traveling in the "James Bond" style has become almost normal in Albania these days. Tirana is the county with the highest number of armored cars, followed by Durrës, Elbasan, Shkodra, Fieri and Vlora.
This map of the distribution of armored cars matches almost entirely with that of the criminal situation in the country. ( A2 Television )
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