The General Prosecutor’s Office in Albania welcomed the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) decision to remove Albania from the money laundering gray list.

Through a post on the official website on the “X” platform, the General Prosecutor’s Office writes that this FATF decision is also a product of the implementation of the strategy drawn up by the office in 2020.

According to the General Prosecutor’s Office, the main contribution to this war was made by the Special Sections in the 7 main prosecutor’s offices of Albania.

“Albania leaves the gray list of money laundering, this is also the result of an essential contribution of special sections in the 7 main prosecutor’s offices of the country, set up in the framework of the implementation of the strategy drawn up by the General Prosecutor’s Office in 2020 to fight the phenomenon”, announces the General Prosecutor’s Office.

Also, the head of the IMF mission in Albania, Anke Weber, welcomed the FATF decision to remove Albania from the money laundering gray list.

Weber described the decision as important and called for further progress to improve the business environment.

“The latest FATF decision is a big and important decision to remove Albania from the gray list. Now is the time to move further towards improving the business environment to preserve and develop human capital and to make progress in climate change mitigation and adaptation. This will require a range of policies, sufficient budgetary resources, adequate planning and monitoring, and capacity building. The IMF remains deeply committed to Albania and the region and will continue to support the Albanian authorities to promote macro-economic stability with higher living standards,” said Anke Weber, among others.