1 General Part

Chapter 1- Criminal Law and its Application

Article 7 The applicable law on criminal acts committed by foreign citizens


The criminal law of the Republic of Albania is also applicable to a foreign citizen who, outside of the Republic of Albania, commits one of the following offences against the interests of the Albanian State or an Albanian citizen:

a) crimes against humanity;

b) crimes against Albanian independence and its constitutional order;

c) terrorist acts;

d) Organization of prostitution; illegal trafficking of human beings, children, and women; production and illegal trafficking of weapons, drugs, other narcotic and psychotropic substances, nuclear substances, pornographic materials and illegal trafficking of art works and objects with a historical, cultural, and archeological value.

e) hijacking airplanes or ships;

f) falsifying the Albanian state seal, Albanian currency, or Albanian bonds or stocks;

g) crimes which affect the life or health of Albanian citizens, to which the law provides for a punishment by imprisonment of five years or any other heavier punishment.