Notaries appear to have been the focus of the Financial Intelligence Agency during 2024, as key entities in the fight against money laundering.
In the annual report, the AIF announces that entities have been identified that do not meet the appropriate level of compliance with the AML/CFT regulatory framework, for which the process of reviewing administrative offenses has continued, until a reasoned decision is issued with an administrative measure of "fine", "warning" or "termination" in accordance with the relevant legal provisions.
During this year, a total of 27 subjects were reviewed by the Administrative Offenses Review Commission, but only 12 fines were imposed, less than half of the cases reviewed, with a total value of 4.6 million lek.
AIF announces that at the end of the review of administrative procedures, AIF has concluded by issuing the administrative measure "Fine" for 12 entities, the administrative measure "Warning" for 13 entities and the termination of administrative proceedings for 2 entities.
The minimum fine applied for 2024 was 200,000 lek and the maximum was 1,000,000 lek. The total value of fines imposed is 4,600,000 lek.
According to the category of entities, administrative measures (fines) have been imposed on 12 entities in total, of which: for "Notary" entities, 4 administrative measures have been issued with a total value of 1,300,000 lekë, for ZKV entities, 2 administrative measures have been issued with a total value of 1,000,000 lekë, 3 administrative measures have been issued for construction companies with a value of 900,000 lekë, 2 administrative measures for "Real Estate Broker" entities with a value of 400,000 lekë, as well as 1 administrative measure with a total value of 1,000,000 lekë for 1 "SHKK" entity. /ekofin.al
