Financial Intelligence Agency

• Organizational structure/Organization chart
• Salary structure
• Functions and duties of the AIF
• CVs and salaries of subordinates who are subject to declaration according to the law, including members of the cabinet of the holder of the AIF, description of the selection procedure, their powers and duties
• The procedure followed by senior AIF officials to make decisions
  • Procedures and mechanisms for making requests and complaints related to the actions or inactions of the AIF (Including the address     postal/electronic for filing requests and complaints – Deadlines and method of returning answers)

• International legislation
• National legislation
• Regulations
  • For the protection of personal data
  • Decisions
  • Guidelines
• Regulations (No information)
• Code of conduct
• Acts that contain rules, norms or limitations of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual*
• The Commissioner’s Office does not adopt rules, norms or limitations of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual.
• Strategy
  • Strategy 2021-2023
  • AIF strategy
• Annual report
• Manual/policy document related to AIF functions and affecting the public
  • Guidelines
  • Opinions
  • Manuals

• Coordinator
  • Ina Zogu
• E-mail
  • info@fint.gov.al;
• Tel
  • +355 4 2244602
• Address
  • Ministry of Finance “Bulevardi Dëshmoret e Kombit”, No. 3 Tirana, Albania, postal code 1001
• Business hours
  • Monday – Thursday: 08:00 – 16:30
    Friday: 08:00 – 14:00
• Request / Explanatory Forms (Steps to be followed to make a request for information)
• Complaint / Explanatory Forms (Commissioner Complaint Procedure)

• Resolution of the Assembly of Albania (No information)
• Strategic work plans
• Monitoring/audit reports (eg: KLSH)
• Audit Recommendations from MFE
• Act-Finding for MFE audit recommendations
• Other documents containing AIF performance indicators
• AIF financial monitoring reports (by years)

• Budget, expenditure plan for the following financial year and previous years (by year)
• Annual report on budget implementation and annexes (by years)
• Donations, sponsorships (by years)
• Documents showing the state of repayment of obligations by licensed entities*
• The Commissioner’s Office does not charge a fee for its services.

Note: In those cases where the public authority is self-financed by license fees or any other form of direct financing from the entities regulated by it, the documents showing the state of the repayment of obligations by licensed entities.

• List of concluded contracts (including contracted amount, contracting parties and description of services)
  • Register of achievements and donations (by years)
• Register of public procurement forecasts
• Register of public procurement accomplishments
• Information on the implementation and monitoring of contracts, as well as various guidelines and policies

List of Services* offered by AIF, including (fees, application form, time limit, appeal procedure, service quality standards):
• International data transfer
• Accreditation of certified organizations
• There is no fee for both procedures

Note: AIF does not provide services to the public, it exchanges information with law enforcement bodies according to Law No. 9917, dated 19.5.2008 ON THE PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM.

• Public notification and consultation
• Comments/Recommendations/Opinions of interested parties/interest groups*
• Review of comments and recommendations*
• Annual reports on transparency in the decision-making process*
• Procedures/mechanisms for giving opinions regarding the drafting of public policies or the exercise of AIF functions*
• First and last name of the coordinator for the public consultation, postal/e-mail address

Note: AIF has no initiative for proposing legal acts.

• List of documents administered by AIF with retention periods
• Form of documents/information (electronic, physical copy, audio, video, photo) (AIF administers documentation in the form of: physical and electronic copy)

• Updated Register of Requests and Responses (according to the Model Register approved by the Commissioner)
• Requests and answers (linked for KDIMDP who have not installed the Ask the State portal – Ask the State portal updated with requests and answers

• Social assistance/subsidies granted by AIF*
• Categories and forms of social assistance/subsidies*
• Procedure to benefit from social assistance/subsidies and relevant documentation for application*
• Complaint procedure*

Note: AIF does not provide this service.

• Miscellaneous announcements
• Notifications for recruitment/acceptance procedures in civil service (No information)
• Reports
• Publications
• Statistics
  • Publication
• Projects
• Partnerships

Note: AIF evaluates the publication taking into account the requests it receives most frequently.

Based on Article 7 of Law no. 119/2014 “On the right to information” (hereinafter “LDI”), the Financial Intelligence Agency (hereinafter “AIF”) publishes the Transparency Program (hereinafter “PT”) approved by the Commissioner for Right to Information and Protection of Personal Data (hereinafter “Commissioner”). DPPPP publishes information according to its functional activity, and will review and update PT in any case of change of institutional activity, legal regulatory framework or any other element related to proactive transparency.

The categories of mandatory information to be made public are specified in the DPPPP PT. Unsolicited public information must be: complete, accurate, up-to-date, easy to consult, understandable, easily accessible and compatible with original documents in possession of DPPPP. Also, before publishing the information, DPPPP assesses whether there are any legal restrictions on publication.

Acts containing rules, norms or limitations of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, as well as having a direct effect on them, are made public by posting or posting on the official website, within 48 hours of the approval of the act by DPPPP.

The categories of mandatory information to be made public, the method of publication, as well as the legal provisions from which the obligation to publish arises, are specified in the PT. In publishing information, DPPPP maintains taking into account the public interest, as well as enabling easy access to public information.