Identity verification
built for Albania 
Albania's Financial Intelligence Unit (AFIU) and Bank of Albania enforce AML/CFT across a fast-growing digital economy — Didit delivers ID, liveness, AML, and the $0.33 bundle at 500 free checks per month.
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How identity verification works in Albania.
- Fraud landscape
- Albania faces mounting deepfake and document-forgery pressure on its fintech and remittance sectors, with cross-border risk from the EU Schengen zone as digital onboarding volumes grow. Didit scores 200+ real-time fraud signals on every session — face morph, replay, injection, document tampering, device intelligence, IP geolocation.
- Compliance frameworks
- Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism No. 9917/2008 (as amended 2021)
- FATF 40 Recommendations
- MONEYVAL evaluation framework
- Law on Personal Data Protection No. 9887/2008 (GDPR-aligned)
- EU AMLD5/6 alignment (pre-accession)
Who supervises identity verification in Albania.
Bank of Albania
Banka e Shqipërisë — central bank and prudential supervisor for banks and payment institutions. Sets Customer Due Diligence requirements under Law No. 9917/2008 on AML/CFT.
AMF
Autoriteti i Mbikëqyrjes Financiare (Financial Supervisory Authority) — supervises insurance, securities, pension funds, and non-bank financial institutions. Issues AML compliance requirements for regulated entities.
AFIU
Albanian Financial Intelligence Unit — the national FIU under the General Directorate for Prevention of Money Laundering. Receives Suspicious Activity Reports from obligated entities under Law No. 9917/2008.
KDIMDHP
Komisioneri për të Drejtën e Informimit dhe Mbrojtjen e të Dhënave — Commissioner for the Right to Information and Personal Data Protection. Albania's national DPA and GDPR-aligned data supervisor.
Prokuroria e Posaçme
Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SPAK) — investigates high-level corruption and financial crime; PEP Level 1 institution whose senior officials appear in Didit's AML screening layer.
Kontrolli i Lartë i Shtetit
Supreme State Audit Institution — PEP Level 1 body; senior auditors designated under Albania's AML framework.
Four modules. One verification.
Capture and read the Albanian ID.
Captured on any phone — auto-classified, OCR-parsed, and template-verified.
- Kartë Identiteti (biometric national ID with chip), Pasaportë (ICAO 9303 biometric passport), Leje Drejtimi, and Leje Qëndrimi for non-Albanian residents.
- Returns: full name, date of birth, document number, expiry, MRZ.
- Kartë Identiteti (biometric national ID card)
- Pasaportë (biometric passport) — NFC chip read
- Leje Drejtimi (driving licence)
Match the face. Prove it's a real person..
Selfie confirmed live and matched against the ID portrait.
- Duplicate check: 1:N face search across existing users. Free.
- Active liveness ($0.15) for elevated-risk flows — user turns or blinks.
- Selfie on any phone or laptop camera
- Mobile-handoff QR when the user starts on desktop
Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media.
1,300+ global sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media lists — plus Albania watchlists:
- Social Democracy Party (Albania) — PEP Level 1 (leading party officials).
- Energy Regulatory Authority — PEP Level 3 (senior regulatory officials).
- Agjencia Kombetare e Mjedisit — SIE (state-invested entity database).
- Montagne & Paesi — SIP (special-interest persons database).
- Financial Intelligence Agency Albania — Administrative Measures and List of Announced Persons (sanctions).
- AFIU — Albanian Financial Intelligence Unit SAR-derived designations.
- MONEYVAL — Council of Europe AML evaluation findings.
- FATF 40 Recommendations — risk-jurisdiction monitoring.
- UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List — global designations.
- OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) — US Treasury designations.
- EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List — pre-accession applicable enforcement.
- Interpol Notices — international law enforcement designations.
- Basel AML Index — annual risk-scoring for Albania.
Severity-scored. Ongoing monitoring ($0.07/user/yr) re-checks daily and fires a webhook on new hits.
Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media — see the docs for the full module surface.
Document validation — no public registry API in Albania.
Document validation — no public registry API in Albania — see the docs for the full module surface.
Every Albania document Didit accepts.
Civil-registry and AML coverage for Albania.
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Common questions about Albania.
Infrastructure for identity and fraud.
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