Balkans and eastern Europe
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Albania: statutes on record and in force
Albania, in Balkans and eastern Europe, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2008. It appears on neither FATF list. Its legislation on record runs to 2 confirmed instruments, the earliest from 2001. Where a field could not be sourced it is reported as unsourced rather than left to be inferred.
International framework
Albania is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 2001 and the most recent from 2008.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 27 Jun 2001 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 21 Aug 2002 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 25 May 2006 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 8 Feb 2008 | Chapter XVIII-12-c |
What each instrument obliges a party to do is set out once, per instrument, in the conventions reference. The dates above are what is specific to Albania: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
What follows is the legislation this dataset can point at. A translated title would be a different instrument, so titles are left as enacted.
Law No. 8750 of 26 March 2001 On the Prevention and (No. 8750) — A principal instrument in its own right, confirmed on the register named below; its subject matter is not stated on the face of its title. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Law 8750 on the Prevention and Fight Against (2001) — A principal instrument in its own right, confirmed on the register named below; its subject matter is not stated on the face of its title. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
One body is named in the record for Albania, each confirmed on Albania's own government domain. The division of mandate is what decides where a case can actually be taken: interception, investigation and prosecution are three different powers, rarely held by one body.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| General Directorate of Customs | customs and border control | dogana.gov.al |
Ratification sequence
The order matters as much as the count. Albania came to these instruments over 7 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 2001 and ending with the Firearms Protocol in 2008. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the UNTOC at 2 years, the longest the 1988 Convention at 13.
Albania became a party to the 1988 Convention in 2001, 13 years after it was adopted — slower than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
Between the first date and the last, the framework binding this jurisdiction was incomplete in specific ways. For the 4 years between 2002 and 2006, Albania was bound by the 1988 Convention and the UNTOC but not yet by the UNCAC or the Firearms Protocol. An obligation that arrives late does not reach conduct that took place before it, which is why the sequence matters to a prosecutor and not only to a chronology.
On coverage, Albania is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. 1 of the 10 Balkans and eastern Europe records here is under increased monitoring as the register stands.
Position on the trafficking corridors
Albania sits on the balkan route, one of the six corridors profiled here. What the corridor meets at this leg is the record set out above.
The Balkan route — 8 jurisdictions, carrying heroin. The legs either side of Albania in the reporting are Serbia and North Macedonia. Across the corridor as a whole, 6 of the 8 legs are party to all four instruments, 2 sit outside the Firearms Protocol, every leg carries a confirmed national instrument , and 1 is under increased monitoring. Albania clears all three of those checks. The corridor profile carries the leg-by-leg comparison.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Albania is recorded as Not listed . A jurisdiction can enter or leave either list at any plenary, so this line is dated rather than settled. What each status entails is set out on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Albania
Which drug-control conventions has Albania ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 27 Jun 2001, the UNTOC on 21 Aug 2002, the UNCAC on 25 May 2006, the Firearms Protocol on 8 Feb 2008.
Is Albania on the FATF grey list?
No. Albania appears on neither the increased-monitoring list nor the call-for-action list in the FATF statements of 19 June 2026.
What national drug legislation is on record for Albania?
Law No. 8750 of 26 March 2001 On the Prevention and (No. 8750), confirmed against the UNODC legal library; Law 8750 on the Prevention and Fight Against, confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Albania that is the UNODC legal library. The citation is to the issuing register rather than to any account of it, so the text can be read as enacted.
What is source tier A, and why is this record in it?
Tier A means a national instrument has been confirmed against an official register — for Albania, 2 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Albania's earliest of these commitments dates from 2001, its most recent from 2008; the gap between them is a rough measure of how long the framework took to assemble.
Sources
- Ratification dates: United Nations Treaty Collection, depositary status tables (chapters VI-19, XVIII-12, XVIII-14, XVIII-12-c). Checked 2026-07-29.
- Listing status: FATF, Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring and High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action, 2026-06-19.
- Law No. 8750 of 26 March 2001 On the Prevention and: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
- Law 8750 on the Prevention and Fight Against: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.