CRIMINAL CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA   |   7895

Article 52-a: Exclusion or reduction of the sentence for collaborators of justice and victims

The person who promises or gives rewards or other benefits, according to articles 164/a, 244, 244/a, 245, 312, 319, 319/a, 319/b, 319/c and 328 of this Code may enjoy exclusion from serving the sentence or a reduction of the sentence, in the event the person files s a criminal denunciation and gives assistance during the criminal proceedings for these offences. When issuing the decision, the court shall also consider the time when the denunciation is filed, and the occurrence, or not, of the consequences of the offence.

The aggrieved party due to criminal offences related to trafficking in human beings may benefit exclusion from the sentence for committing criminal offences during the trafficking period and to the extent the person had been obliged to commit the illegal actions or omissions.”

The person having committed one of the criminal offences related to trafficking of narcotics, weapons or ammunition, trafficking in human beings or criminal offences committed by criminal organisations, collaborating and assisting the criminal prosecution authorities in fighting against them, or, where appropriate, in identifying the other persons who commit such crimes, cannot be sentenced for a period of more than half of the sentence foreseen for the offence committed by him. In particular cases, the person may be excluded from such sentence when mitigating circumstances are in his favour.

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