Aida Hajnaj has been officially elected head of the National Bureau of Investigation. Hajnaj has an extensive experience near the Albanian State Police. She was introduced as deputy chief by the General Director of State Police on February 15, 2018.
Hajnaj has been in several other senior posts including, director at the Directorate for Borders and Immigration, Head of the Money Laundering Investigation unit, and General Director of the Internal Affairs and Complaints Services near the Ministry of Interior.
She passed the vetting process on February 24, 2020 and she is the only female among the four main candidates for NBI.
The National Bureau of Investigation is a specialized unit of the judicial police which investigates criminal offenses under the criminal jurisdiction of the Special Prosecution, involving organized crime and high public officials such as
- President of the Republic
- Speaker of the Parliament
- Prime Minister and members of the Council of Ministers
- Judges of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court
- Prosecutor General
- High Justice Inspectors
- Mayors
- Members of the Parliament, deputy ministers,
- Members of the High Judicial Council and High Prosecutorial Council
