Albanian General Directorate of Customs (Drejtoria e Përgjithshme e Doganave)
Ownership as documented
State institution
Description
Customs administration. Director General Besmir Beja announced a referral to SPAK on 29 July 2026. Several customs or port-officer cases are reported in this file, with disputed or undated roles.
Contracts and money
Figures recorded for the cases linked to this organisation. A figure here is not necessarily paid to or by this organisation; check payer and payee.
Per-passage payments to let barred persons pass
No amount recorded
otherSource label: DisputedStated definition: Reported range 5 to 100 euros per person; total not stated.
Date: 21 Feb 2023 · Payer: Individuals barred from Schengen entry (alleged) · Payee: Six port inspectors (alleged)
- Durres port inspectors arrested on corruption charges (opens in a new tab)ABC News Albania · 21 Feb 2023 · journalism · EN
Value of seized cigarettes
No amount recorded
Incomplete figureseizureSource label: Officially reportedStated definition: 10 million USD (Tirana Times) vs up to 19 million USD (Top Channel, per search summary). Incomplete; date uncertain.
Date: May 2014 · Payer: Smugglers (alleged) · Payee: State (seized goods)
- Customs seize 47 tons of cigarettes worth 10 million (opens in a new tab)Tirana Times · unknown (2014 per search summary, unverified) · journalism · EN
Officials and people linked
No person is linked to this organisation in the research.
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 29 Jul 2026
Customs: forged Albanian-authority documents for fictitious clearance and exports, referred to SPAK
On 29 July 2026 the Director General of Albanian Customs, Besmir Beja, publicised a case referred to SPAK. The customs statement describes forged documents, presented as issued by Albanian…
Status: Referred to SPAK; no charges or arrests stated in the source
From 21 Feb 2023
Durres port: six officers arrested for passive corruption (customs or border-police role disputed)
On 21 February 2023 six inspectors at the Durres port were arrested for passive corruption of persons exercising public functions and abuse of duty, according to ABC News Albania. The…
Status: Reported arrests; outcome not found
From May 2014
Customs seizure: 47 tons of untaxed cigarettes on a foreign ship
Albanian authorities stopped a foreign commercial ship carrying 47 tons of cigarettes without documentation or excise stamps; four Ukrainian crew were arrested, according to Tirana Times. Tirana…
Status: Seizure reported; no corruption finding in the sources
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 1 source.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- Albanian General Directorate of Customs
- Date
- 29 Jul 2026