Action against economic crime
PACA-Albania: MAIN ACTIVITIES 2011 |
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Provision of the expert opinion on the AML/CFT secondary legislation
In December 2011 PACA project delivered the expert opinion concerning the
recently drafted secondary AML/CFT legislation (Instruction no. 20 of the
Ministry of Finance of Albania concerning the reporting methods and procedures
of the obliged persons and entities under the Law on Prevention of Money
Laundering and Terrorist Financing and Instruction no. 21 of the Ministry
of Finance of Albania on reporting methods and procedures of designated
non-financial professions) assessing and providing concrete recommendations
on their conformity with Recommendation 5 of the Financial Action Task Force
as well as their compliance with recommendations of the MONEYVAL Report
on Fourth Assessment Visit. Trainings on the investigation of corruption and money laundering, and on tracking the proceeds of crime
Following the agreement with the School of Magistrates and the General Directorate
of Police of Albania, PACA organised two interactive trainings with nine
certified trainers on the investigation of corruption and money laundering,
and on tracking and seizing the proceeds of crime. The trainings took place in Vlora - first one was held from 15 to 18 November 2011 while the
second one took place from 23-25 November 2011. Conference: "Reforming the System of Immunities in Albania - the Path Ahead"
Following the dissemination of the Technical Paper (CMU-PACA-07/2011) on "Immunities
in Council of Europe Member States: Legislative, Executive and Judicial
Office Holders" in late March 2011, and PACA roundtable event on "The
System of Immunities in Albania: Comparative Analysis and Assessment of
the Stakeholders’ Positions" held on 12 April 2011, PACA has prepared
a second Technical Paper (CMU-PACA-19/2011) on ‘Recommendations for the
Future Regulation of Immunities of Elected Officials in Albania’. This second
paper is intended to be the key input to a final Conference to be held jointly
by PACA and EURALIUS projects on "Reforming the Albanian Law on Immunities:
The Path Ahead" which took place on 18 October 2011. The aim of
the conference was to review and discuss the recommendations and to achieve
the agreement on the reform path to be chosen. Risk Assessments Completed
In June 2011 PACA completed the last risk assessment scheduled under the
project workplan. The assessments - Education system in Albanian,
Complaints against Judges, the Immovable Property Registration System, Social
Housing Allocation, the Healthcare System, and the Albanian Competition
Authority, analyse the vulnerability to corruption of legal and institutional
frameworks in the sectors/institutions selected, and provide targeted and
timelined recommendations to address those vulnerabilities. By September
2011 PACA had received written feedback from the relevant institutions on
all the assessments except on Complaints against Judges, and was in discussions
with the beneficiary institutions on which of PACA's recommendations
were
to be taken into account in official policies and how. In the case of the
Healthcare assessment, following discussions with the beneficiary small
changes were to be made to the assessment report during October 2011.
Final Stage of Training of Trainers Program
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Technical Paper