Corruption, 7 percent of businesses in Albania pay for changing laws

In countries in transition like Albania, there is a form of corruption where, in addition to informal direct payments to officials, businesses pay to intervene in legislation in their favor.

The Balkan Barometer in the business survey observed that 7 percent of them in Albania claimed to have made corrupt payments to change the legislation in their favor.

Macedonia and Serbia have the highest level of corruption for legal influence at 13 percent each.

On the other hand, Kosovo appears as the country with the lowest level of legal capture in the Region, as only 1 percent of businesses claim to commit this form of corruption. Bosnia and Montenegro also had lower levels, where 3 percent of businesses claim that they pay to make laws and regulations in their service.

From internal data in Albania, the fact of business interventions in the procurement process to formulate specific rules that exclude other participants is quite widespread.

But in Albania, the capture of the state through laws is a phenomenon that is already known.

In the Assembly there are always separate initiatives that seek fiscal relief that serve a group of companies.

The results of the Balkan Barometer show that state capture through the law is common for businesses in Albania as in the last year 7 percent of businesses surveyed have accepted these types of payments.