1 Criminal Activity
1.1 Would any of the following activities constitute a
criminal offence in your jurisdiction? If so, please provide
details of the offence, the maximum penalties available, and any
examples of prosecutions in your jurisdiction:
The "Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania" does
not explicitly provide a literal denomination of the criminal
offences listed in the following, but, nevertheless, the content of
these offences can be found in various articles of the Criminal
Code as stated below.
Hacking (i.e. unauthorised access)
Hacking constitutes a criminal offence in the Albanian
jurisdiction. Article 192/b/1 of the "Criminal Code of the
Republic of Albania" provides that unauthorised access or
excess of authorisation to a computer system or part of it, through
violation of security measures, is punishable by a fine or
imprisonment of up to three years. According to the Final Report of
the General Prosecutor on the state of criminality for
