TIRANA, June 8/ATA/ Minister of Finance Petrit Malaj, Director General of the Customs Besmir Beja and Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Albania Nicholas Abbott visited Bllatë Customs Branch and evaluated the United Kingdom’s recent investment in modernizing border monitoring and control systems.
During the visit, Malaj praised the continuous support of the United Kingdom in strengthening border security and modernizing the customs administration.
“This is an investment that extends to 11 customs points and is worth 1.6 million pounds,” said Minister Malaj.
For his part, Director General of Customs Besmir Beja emphasized that the project has brought about a significant improvement in the operational capacities of the customs administration.
“General Directorate of Customs, as the beneficiary of this project, now has at its disposal 121 new cameras with modern technology, which ensure that we control all our border points in the best possible way. Every citizen and every business that passes through the territory of the Republic of Albania will have the appropriate control, but will also see the appropriate speed in this control”, said Beja.
While British Ambassador Abbott praised the concrete results of the cooperation with the Albanian authorities, describing it as a successful model of partnership in function of border security and fight against illegal activities.
Modern cameras and automated license plate readers have been installed to help authorities intercept illegal trafficking, track high-risk vehicles and crack down on undeclared cash transport. /r.e/p.s./
