Training for licensed institutions

The Bank of Albania continuously organizes trainings for the institutions it licenses and supervises in order to raise their awareness on issues related to their daily operational and functional activity and preventive measures against money laundering and terrorism financing.

Training with the Foreign Exchange Bureaus and the Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) on the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing

On 20-21 June 2016, the Bank of Albania, in cooperation with the General Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering, organized a training session on the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing, attended by 32 foreign exchange bureaus and 22 non-bank financial institutions.

This training was organized in the framework of the obligations under the Law “On the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing”, as amended. The training aimed at raising the awareness of foreign exchange bureaus and non-bank financial institutions on legal and regulatory obligations to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing, and provided practical examples of relevant procedures and measures.