Number of criminal offenders punished by life imprisonment and other types of harsh sentences during January 2013-January 2017

Open Data Albania discloses the number of criminal offenders sent to Institutions for the Execution of Criminal Sentences by the level of punishment during January 2013-January 2017.  The analysis includes four categories of sentences: life imprisonment, imprisonment from 20 to 35 years, imprisonment from 15 to 20 years, and imprisonment for less than 15 years. The data are based on the Statistics of the General…

Criminal offenders serving their sentence in prison and pre-detainees under security measures during January 2013-January 2017

Open Data Albania is investigating the number of prisoners in the Institutions for the Execution of Criminal Decisions (IECD) and pre-detainees under security measures in Pre-detention Facilities in the Republic of Albania. The data are based on the Statistics of the General Directorate of Prisons, and are processed, commented, and analyzed by ODA. The analysis is made by comparing the data from January 2013, 2014,…

Criminal proceedings against murder, threats, and incitement of revenge and blood feud during 2005-2015

Open Data Albania is investigating into the volume, trend, and dynamics of criminality regarding blood feud. The analysis is based on the data of 2005-2015 regarding court proceedings and offenders punished for having committed murder for revenge or blood feud (Article 78, second paragraph, and Article 78 /a); threats of blood feud (Article 83/a), and incitement of blood feud (Article 83/b). In 2001, the Criminal…

Criminal Proceedings and Offenders Punished for Self-Made Justice 2005-2015

Open Data Albania is investigating into the volume, trend and dynamics of judicial proceedings against self-made judgement (Article 277 of the Criminal Code). An analysis is made of the period 2005-2015. Self-made judgement refers to exercising a right, which someone enjoys or claims to enjoy arbitrarily, without addressing any relevant institutions for intervention. The article reflects lack of people in the institutions or the lack…

Court Proceedings for Criminal Offences against Free Elections during 2005-2015

Open Data Albania is investigating into the trend and volume of election-related criminal offences in Albania over the last decade. The data refer to the Annual Statistical Reports of the Ministry of Justice. The current Criminal Code contains twelve articles on criminal offences and criminal contraventions that affect the electoral process. In 2012 only, the lawmakers have introduced four articles providing for new election-related criminal…

Court proceedings against high public officials for hiding and failing to declare their assets during 2005-2015

Open Data Albania is investigating whether there are statistical data about cases of court proceedings against high public officials for the criminal offences foreseen by Article 257 (a)  Refusal to Declare, Failure to Declare, Hiding, or False Declaration of Assets and Private Interests of Elected Officials or Public Employees, and any other person required by law to make such declarations. There is a special law,…

Juvenile offenders punished for criminal offences during 2005-2015

Open Data Albania (ODA) is investigating the criminality trend among juveniles during 2005-2015. Such investigation is based on the Annual Statistics of the Ministry of Justice, which are processed, commented on, and analyzed by ODA. According to the Albanian legislation, the term ?juvenile? refers to any citizens, who have not reached the age of 18. For purposes of the criminal law, the minimum age for…

Court cases and criminal offenders punished for crime against property during 2005-2015

Open Data Albania is investigating into the trend and volume of criminal offences against property and other criminal offences in the economic sphere. Such criminal offences are foreseen under a specific chapter of the Criminal Code and they are divided into three sections, i.e.: Stealing of Property, Deceit, and Destruction of Property. This article focuses on the trend, volume, and dynamics of court cases regarding…