On 18.02.2025, the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) organized a meeting with the Albanian Foreign Exchange Association about the “Education Strategy and Public Awareness on the Risk of Preventing Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)”, at the FIA premises.

FIA has maintained continuous communication with foreign exchange offices (FOs), as well as the AFEA Association in order to raise awareness on the preventive measures of money laundering and financing of terrorism that this sector should undertake in the exercise of its financial activity.

FIA representatives at this meeting emphasized the importance of strengthening public-private partnerships in the joint fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism. This sector have an important role, especially in customer identification, paying special attention to non-resident customers, as well as in analyzing high-value and complex transactions that require increased attention for suspicious activity reporting.

Representatives of the association emphasized the need to increase the number of currency exchange offices trainings and awareness-raising meetings with the aim of taking effective preventive measures and increasing the quality of suspicious activity reports.

In conclusion, the participants thanked and expressed their willingness to increase cooperation so that the country has the best possible results in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.