Financial Intelligence Agency

Objectives


AIF’s objectives for 2024 are:

  • Coordination and the follow-up of the Action Plan for mitigating the risks identified in the ML/FT National Risk Assessment;
  • Increasing the efficiency in inter-institutional coordination and cooperation, with the aim of enhancing the quality of reporting and presentation, in the evaluations conducted by international institutions, regarding Albania’s AML/CFT system;
  • Coordination and direction at the inter-institutional level, regarding the drafting of the “National Strategy for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism 2024-2030” and the action plan;
  • Alignment of the Albanian AML/CFT legal framework with the directives of the European Union and international standards;
  • Strengthening of oversight capacities on the basis of AML/CFT risk in cooperation with supervisory authorities;
  • Enhancing human capacities and IT infrastructure, to cope with the technological developments;
  • Continuous outreach to reporting entities through training activities aimed at increasing their preventive role;
  • Acquaintance with the best international practices and their compliance related implementation;
  • Active participation of FIA’s employees in training activities organized in the framework of interna-tional projects.