- May 2000 – The Albanian Parliament, after repeated requests from the MONEYVAL Committee of CoE approved the Law no. 8610, May 17, 2000 “On the prevention of money laundering”;
- August 2001 – The Directorate for the Coordination of the Fight Against Money Laundering within the Ministry of Finance is created for the first time;
- June 2003 – The Albanian Parliament, based on the demands of the second round of evaluation from the MONEYVAL Committee, made some important amendments to the law “On the prevention of money laundering” by approving the law no. 9084, June 19, 2003 “On some additions and amendments in the Law no. 8610, May 17, 2000 “On the prevention of money laundering”;
- July 2003 – The Albanian Financial Intelligence Unit became a member with full rights of EGMONT group, during the plenary session held in Australia;
- July 2004 – The Albanian Parliament approved the Law no.9258 “On measures against the financing of terrorism”;
- August 2005 – The Directorate for the Coordination of the Fight Against Money Laundering (DCFAML) was promoted to a General Directorate within the Ministry of Finance;
- March 2006 – The first annual report of General Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering is published;
- August 2006 – CCFAML approves the National Program for the Control of Cash in the Republic of Albania;
- November 2006 – Approval of Law no. 9641, of 20.11.2006, “On the ratification of European Council Convention “For the prevention of terrorism” and Law no. 9646, of 27.11.2006 “On the ratification of European Council Convention “On the search, seizure and confiscation of proceeds of crime and terrorism financing”;
- January 2008 – GDPML undergoes a reorganization process based on the order of the Prime Minister. An IT section is established for the first time;
- May 2008 – The Albanian Parliament approves the Law no. 9917, May 19, 2008 “On the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing”. This law is in line with the recommendations of the MONEYVAL Committee of the CoE, that were made during the third round of mutual evaluation MONEYVAL -ALBANIA, as well as the FATF recommendations;
- September 2009 – The Twinning Project “Tackling money laundering and financial crime” in cooperation with the German Federal Criminal Office, was completed;
- October of 2009 – The Council of Ministers approved by decision no.1077, of October 2009, the National Strategic Document “On the investigation of financial crime” .GDPML had the leading role in the drafting of this document;
- November 2009 – GDPML presented to the Parliamentary Commission on National Security its activity for the last two years in the area of prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism;
- November 2010 – On-site visit of the IMF team of experts in the framework of the fourth round of evaluation of measures undertaken by Albania in the area of prevention and combating of money laundering and financing terrorism;
- March 2011 Commencement of the second twinning project “Support for structures of the fight against money laundering and financial crimes investigation structures in Albania” financed by EU;
- March 2011, the Albanian Parliament amended the law “On the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism”, through the enactment of the Law no. 10391 March 03, 2011;
- April 2011, The MONEYVAL Committee of the CoE adopted the 4th round report of Albania reflecting the upgrade of the recommendation 26 of the FATF directly related to the activity of GDPML as a Financial Intelligence Unit;
- In February 2012 was completed the risk assessment regarding exposure to the non-profit organizations in Albania to the financing of terrorism that was conducted in accordance with the Special Recommendation VIII of the FATF;
- In May 2012, pursuant to the recommendations of the Moneyval Committee concerning the increase of the operational independence of the Financial Intelligence Unit, transposed in the national legislation, the Minister of Finance nominated for a second term the General Director of the GDPML;
- In June 2012 the law “On some additions and amendments to the law no. 9917 May 19, 2008 ” On the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism” was amended through Law no. 66 of June 07, 2012;
- In October 2012 the document for the National Risk Assessment of money laundering and financing of terrorism was finalized and submitted to the Committee for the Coordination of the Fight Against Money Laundering;
