The Council of Europe supported the efforts of the Albanian authorities to developing a strategic framework on asset recovery. About 50 representatives of the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice of Albania, the General Prosecution Office, Prosecutors and Judges from various Judicial Districts, Administration of the Management of Seized and Confiscated Asset, General Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering exchanged views on a technical paper prepared with the CoE expertise, which provided an analysis of the current legal and institutional framework and recommendations for its strengthening.
Participants outlined the importance of organising such activity in line with the priorities of the Ministry of Interior and that the strategy on asset recovery affects them all in their work. They affirmed that the establishment of a national multidisciplinary center on asset recovery would create positive results and enhance the effectiveness of the asset recovery system in Albania. This activity will be followed by subsequent working groups tasked with the drafting of the National Asset Recovery Strategy.
The activity was organized under the joint EU/CoE Horizontal Facility Action Against Economic Crime in Albania.