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Institutions do not denounce corruption and organized crime

Politiko 2025-02-06 16:49:01

Institutions do not denounce corruption and organized crime

The apathy of public institutions towards corruption and illegalities of high-ranking officials led the head of SPAK, Altin Dumani, to repeatedly highlight, during annual analysis reports to the High Prosecutorial Council and to the Parliament, the lack of criminal reports for corruption and organized crime by public entities that have the function of investigating these crimes in advance and addressing them before the justice authorities.

According to data that BIRN obtained through requests for information from the Special Prosecution Office, SPAK, the only institution that has filed criminal reports every year is the State Police. For the period 2020-2024, the State Police has filed a total of 293 criminal reports, of which 205 for criminal offenses related to corruption and 88 complaints related to organized crime. Specifically, a total of 67 reports were filed for 2020; 68 criminal reports for 2021; 44 reports in 2022; 65 criminal reports in 2023 and 49 in 2024.

The institution ranked second in terms of criminal reports registered with SPAK is the Supreme State Audit Office, which filed 1 report in 2020; 4 reports in 2021; 2 in 2022 and 11 in 2024 – all reports related to criminal offenses related to corruption. The High Inspector of Justice filed one report in 2023; the Albanian Customs Administration and the HIDACCI, one report each in 2024, also for criminal offenses related to corruption.

Other institutions that have a functional duty or were created to fight corruption and organized crime have not filed any reports. One of the structures that has not made any referrals since its creation is the Network of Anti-Corruption Coordinators, which is headed by the Minister of Justice, in the capacity of the National Coordinator against corruption. This structure was created based on orders no. 106, dated July 25, 2019 and June 25, 2020, with the objective of fighting all types of corruption and strengthening trust in a public administration, efficient and with high integrity in the service of the citizen.

Other institutions whose activities are also related to organized crime or corruption, but which have not filed any reports during these four years with SPAK, are the Financial Intelligence Agency; Albanian Tax Administration; Public Procurement Commissioner, Financial Supervisory Authority; State Intelligence Service; Central Election Commission; Bank of Albania, etc.

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