CAR-Serbia: Conference
“Criminal Asset Recovery and ECtHR Jurisprudence”
[2 December
2011, Strasbourg]
CAR
project is organising a one day conference
“Criminal Asset Recovery and Jurisprudence
of the European Court of Human Rights”
which will be held in Belgrade on 2
December 2011. The aim of the conference
is to discuss the issues related to
recovery of proceeds from crime from
the perspective of the European Court
of Human Rights case law. More than
50 judges from different courts have
been invited to participate. Conference
will be opened by Ms Snezana Malovic,
Minister of Justice of the Republic
of Serbia, Ms Nata Mesarovic, President
of the Supreme Court of Cassation, Mr
Adriano Martins, Deputy Head of the
Delegation of the EU to Serbia and Ms
Antje Rothemund, Head of the CoE Office
in Belgrade.
Agenda
CAR-Serbia: Regional Ministerial
Conference "Challenges and Achievements
of Regional and Transnational Cooperation
in Fight against Organized Crime
in South East Europe"(29-30 November
2011, Belgrade, Serbia)
[29
November 2011, Strasbourg]
CAR
project supported the Ministry of
Interior and the Ministry of Justice
of the Republic of Serbia in organising
the Ministerial Conference which
is held on 29 and 30 November 2011
in Belgrade. The conference will
bring together high level representatives
of the countries from the region
with the aim to discuss and improve
regional and transnational cooperation
in combating organised crime.
Special attention will be given
to the asset recovery policy and
regional and transnational cooperation
in this area. Two Council of Europe
experts will be engaged in a special
session on Mutual Legal Assistance
related to the asset recovery. Conclusions
from this session will also be included
in the conference closing statement.
Agenda
English/Serbian
CAR-Serbia: Specialised training on
financial instruments related to assets
recovery for Prosecutors (25-26 November
2011, Kragujevac, Serbia)
[21 November
2011, Strasbourg]
CAR project
will hold a highly specialised training
course for prosecutors concerning the
international financial instruments
related to assets recovery. The training
is consisted of three different sessions
that will be organised on weekly basis
from 25 November to 10 December 2011
in Kragujevac, Serbia. Training curriculum
was prepared in consultation with the
Republican Persecutors Office.
Training
Curriculum
English/Serbian
CAR-Serbia: Study visit to the United
Kingdom (22-25 November 2011)
[21 November
2011, Strasbourg]
CAR project
is continuing with actions aimed at
enhancing the capacity of financial
investigations in Serbia. In line with
aforementioned CAR project will organize
a study visit for police officers from
Serbia to Serious Organised Crime Office
(SOCA) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
in London, United Kingdom from 22 to
25 November 2011.
Agenda
MOLI-Serbia:
Study visit to Estonia and Lithuania
(22-25 November 2011)
[14 November, Strasbourg]
MOLI
Serbia Project will organise a multi-agency
study visit to Tallinn, Estonia and
Vilnius, Lithuania between 22 and 25
November 2011 with the aim of gaining
an insight into best practices on money
laundering and terrorist financing in
the Baltic countries. The Serbian delegation,
consisting of representatives of the
Administration for the Prevention of
Money Laundering (APML), National Bank
of Serbia, State Public Prosecutor’s
Office and Customs Administration, will
hold bilateral meetings with Estonian
and Lithuanian Financial Intelligence
Units, Financial Supervision Authorities,
Law Enforcement Agencies and Central
Banks.
Agenda
Photos
MOLI-Serbia: Interactive Training
on money laundering, search, seizure,
and confiscation of the proceeds of
crime (Belgrade, 2-3 November 2011)
[27 October
2011, Strasbourg]
MOLI
Serbia Project is organising a two-day
training on money laundering, search,
seizure, and confiscation of the proceeds
of crime “Criminal Intelligence, Investigation
and Prosecution - A Practical Perspective”.
The interactive training, led by four
Dutch experts in this field, will be
based on a practical case study adjusted
to the needs of the Serbian system.
The training will be held in Hotel Continental
in Belgrade, on 2 and 3 November 2011.
Agenda
CAR-Serbia: Press conference (Belgrade,
Serbia, 28 September 2011)
[12
October 2011, Strasbourg] A press
conference presenting two reports prepared
within the CAR Project was held on 28
September 2011 in Belgrade. First report
(prepared by EBART Group) outlines how
media reported on implementation of
the Law on Seizure and Confiscation
of Criminal Assets, while the second
report (prepared by CESID) is depicting
the public perception of the various
aspects of the implementation of the
Law, including the perception of the
state bodies’ performance. During the
press conference, besides CAR team,
EBART and CESID representatives, Director
of Directorate for Management of Seized
and Confiscated Assets also addressed
the present journalist portraying their
role within the assets recovery system.
'Analysis
of media reporting on the implementation
of the Law'
(Serbian version only)
'Public
perception on the implementation of
the Law'
(Serbian version only)
MOLI-Serbia: Training in i2 Bridge
for Serbian APML IT Analysts (Fulbourn,
United Kingdom, 6-7 October 2011)
[10 October 2011, Strasbourg]
Under
the auspices of the MOLI-Serbia Project.,
two IT Analysts of the Serbian Administration
for the Prevention of Money Laundering
attended a two-day training course in
i2 Bridge. The course, which took place
in Fulbourn, Cambridge, UK, is designed
to show IT professionals how to build
a picture of how the database is structured
and allow them to find data in different
ways from i2 Analyst’s Notebook.
MOLI-Serbia:
Study visit to
Paris and La Rochelle
(27-30
September 2011)
[10
October 2011, Strasbourg]
MOLI-Serbia
Project organised a study visit to Paris
and La Rochelle between 27 and 30 September
2011 with the aim of providing the Serbian
Customs Authority with the practical
knowledge on structuralisation and management
of canine units. The Serbian delegation,
consisting of three representatives
of the Customs Administration and a
representative of the Council of Europe,
visited several canine units of the
French Customs in Paris and the National
School for Customs Officers in La Rochelle.
Agenda
Photos
MOLI-Serbia:
2nd Steering Committee meeting (Belgrade,
15 September 2011)
[10 October 2011, Strasbourg]
The second Steering Committee meeting
of the MOLI Serbia Project took place
in Belgrade on 15 September 2011. The
members of the Steering Committee reviewed
the activities carried out and discussed
the short-term planning of activities.
Agenda
Participants
Minutes
MONTENEGRO:
Montenegrin Draft Law on Amendments
to the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering
and Terrorist Financing
Based on the request of the Montenegrin
Minister of Finance from April 2011
the Council of Europe prepared the expert
opinion on Montenegrin Draft Law on
Amendments to the Law on Prevention
of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.
The Council of Europe expert opinion,
finalised in June 2011, focused on the
compatibility of the draft amendments
with Council of Europe and other international
standards in prevention and combating
of money laundering and terrorist financing.
Moreover, this opinion was also provided
with a view to make sure that the amended
legislation will address the shortcomings
identified in the 2009 Moneyval Mutual
Evaluation Report.
2009
Moneyval Mutual Evaluation Report
MOLI-Serbia:
Study visit to London
(11-14 July 2011)
[28 June 2011,
Strasbourg]
MOLI-Serbia
Project will organise a multi-agency
study visit to London between 11 and
14 July 2011 with the aim of providing
first-hand experience in the implementation
of AML/CTF standards. The Serbian delegation
consists of representatives of the Administration
for the Prevention of Money Laundering
(APML), National Bank of Serbia, State
Public Prosecutor’s Office and Customs
Administration will hold bilateral meetings
with Serious Organised Crime Agency
(SOCA), Financial Services Authority
(FSA) and the Gambling Commission.
MOLI-Serbia:
Workshop
on Insurance Supervision (21 June 2011,
Belgrade)
[17 June 2011,
Strasbourg]
MOLI-Serbia
Project
is organising a workshop on insurance
supervision, which will take place on
21 June 2011, in Hotel Continental in
Belgrade. The workshop will provide
insurance sector supervisors in Serbia
with information on best practices available
in other European countries. Its objective
is to identify specific issues concerning
the insurance supervision, provide insight
into supervisory practice in Serbia
and to AML/CTF issues affecting the
insurance sector, provide guidelines
on supervision methods, off-site monitoring
and on-site inspections. The beneficiary
of this activity is the National Bank
of Serbia.
Agenda
CAR-Serbia: Study visit to the United
Kingdom and Ireland (20-25 June 2011)
[17 June 2011,
Strasbourg]
CAR project
is launching a series of actions aimed
at examining the possibility of introduction
of the non-conviction based forfeiture
in Serbia. In anticipation of the aforementioned
activities, on 20-25-30 June 2011 CAR
project will organize a study visit
of twelve judges, prosecutors and police
officers to the relevant institutions
in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Agenda
MOLI-Serbia:
Conference on Money Laundering and Financing
of Terrorism in Serbia (31 May 2011,
Belgrade)
[15
June 2011, Strasbourg] The Council
of Europe and the European Union held
a high-level Conference on Prevention
of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
in the Context of Serbia’s Role in European
Integration, which marked the start
of the MOLI-Serbia Project. The Conference
was held at Hotel Continental in Belgrade
on 31 May 2011. The Conference was opened
by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, Head
of the Delegation of the European Union
to Serbia H.E. Ambassador Vincent Degert,
and Director of Co-operation of the
Council of Europe Marja Ruotanen.
Agenda
English
Media
Advisory English
More
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MOLI-Serbia:
Meeting of the
working groups (WGs) on the risks and
typologies of money laundering and financing
of terrorism (10 May 2011, Belgrade,
Serbia)
[11 May 2011,
Strasbourg]
A WGs
meeting on the risks and typologies
of money laundering and financing of
terrorism will take place at the Ministry
of Finance in Belgrade on 10 May 2011.
The groups will discuss how to organise
and carry out a national assessment
and produce research studies on the
risks posed by money laundering and
financing of terrorism. The meeting
will focus on the risks of formal and
informal money transfers and abuse of
Non-Profit Organisations for money laundering
purposes. The WGs will also assess how
the risks of money laundering may affect
other sectors, such as property and
real estate, trade-based money laundering,
sports and terrorist financing in Serbia.
CAR-Serbia Project:
Training
Seminar on Forensics Accounting for
Financial Investigation Unit (11-13
April 2011, Belgrade, Serbia)
[4 April 2011,
Strasbourg]
CAR
Serbia Project will hold a three day
training seminar on forensic accounting
from 11 to 13 April 2011 in Belgrade,
Hotel Balkan. Four Council of Europe
experts will be engaged in this training
which composes a number of interactive
sessions where participants will be
involved in discussing and providing
feed back on specific case studies.
Agenda
PACA-Albania: Study Visit to London,
United Kingdom, 28-30 March 2011
[22 March 2011,
Strasbourg]
PACA
is launching a series of actions aimed
at strengthening the preventive measures
applicable in Albania against the risk
of corruption and money laundering at
the hands of Politically Exposed Persons
(PEPs). In anticipation of the aforementioned
activities, on 28-30 March 2011 PACA
will organize a study visit of
the Albanian General Department on the
Prevention of Money Laundering, the
Albanian High Inspectorate for the Declaration
and Audit of Assets, the Bank of Albania
and some commercial banks to the UK
Financial Services Authority
Agenda:
English
CAR-Serbia Project:
"2nd & 3rd Awareness Raising" Workshops
for Judges, Prosecutors and Police Officers
(Kragujevac, 22-23 March 2011 and Nis,
24-25 March 2011)
[21 March 2011,
Strasbourg]
Following
the first regional Awareness Raising
Workshop held in Novi Sad in November
2010, the Project is organising two
more workshops for judges, prosecutors
and police officers in Kragujevac (22-
23 March 2011) and in Niš (24-25 March
2011). The workshops are designed as
an interactive sessions and aim at better
implementation of legislation and awareness
raising on seizure and confiscation
of proceeds from crime.
Agenda
Kragujevac Meeting:
English
Agenda
Nis Meeting:
English
Launching of the Recommendations for
Law Enforcement Authorities on the Prevention
of Domestic Violence (Kyiv, Ukraine,
24 March 2011)
[25 March 2011, Strasbourg]
With the aim of strengthening the skills
of the Police in tackling the cases
of domestic violence, the project assisted
the Ministry of Internal Affairs in
finalising and publishing the book “Prevention
of Domestic Violence – Manual for the
Police”
(read more...)
Pictures
MOLI-Serbia: 1st project Steering
Committee meeting and the start-up workshop
(Belgrade, Serbia, 24 March 2011)
[15 March 2011,
Strasbourg] The MOLI-Serbia project’s
1st Steering Committee meeting and the
start-up workshop will take place in
Belgrade on 24 March 2011. The aim of
the workshop is to present an update
on current state of affair of the project,
to finalise and adopt the draft of workplan
of activities, to confirm the Steering
Committee members and, to agree on the
context of the launching event which
will be held by mid-April 2011.
Agenda
English
Joint
Project on Strengthening and Protecting
Women’s and Children’s Rights in Ukraine
– achievements (Kyiv, Ukraine, 16 March
2011)
[8 March 2011,
Strasbourg]
The Joint Project
of the Council of Europe and the European
Union on Strengthening and Protecting
Women’s and Children’s Rights in Ukraine
(TRES) is coming to an end on 28 March
2011. On this occasion, the Council
of Europe is organising a Closing Conference
to present the results of the project.
(read more...)
Agenda
English
100th Anniversary of the International
Women's Day (Kyiv, Ukraine, 3 March
2011)
[5
March 2011, Strasbourg]
On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary
of the International Women’s Day, the
Ministry for Family, Youth and Sports,
in co-operation with the Council of
Europe and the European Union Joint
Project on Strengthening and Protecting
Women’s and Children’s rights in Ukraine
(TRES), UNDP, La Strada Ukraine, the
Information and Consultative Women's
Center and the School for Equal Opportunities
organised a Forum which took place on
3 March 2011 in Kyiv.
During the event, a photo exhibition,
depicting 100 famous Ukrainian women,
was launched. This forum also gave participants
the opportunity to share views and exchange
opinions, as well as receive information
on TRES achievements including its publications
in the field of women’s rights.
The audience was composed of about 120
participants from all the regions of
Ukraine, representing in particular
the government and different non-governmental
organisations, acting in the field of
gender equality and women’s rights.
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Combating and preventing trafficking
in human beings in Azerbaijan (Baku,
23
and 24 February 2011)
[17 February
2011, Strasbourg] This
two-day workshop is the second event
aiming to contribute to strengthening
institutional capacities in Azerbaijan
for fighting and preventing trafficking
in human beings in line with the provisions
of the Council of Europe Convention
on Action against Trafficking in Human
Beings (CETS No. 197), which entered
into force in the country on 1.10.2010.
It is organised in particular for judges,
public prosecutors and lawyers from
Baku and several regions of the country.
This workshop should furthermore present
good practices and innovative approaches
for the implementation of the Convention
and provide a platform for discussion
among Azerbaijani stakeholders.
Representatives from
the Bar Association, the Supreme Court,
the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the
General Prosecutor’s Office and
the Ministry of Justice
are invited to take
part in this event. Experts from 6 member
states will share their experience with
the Azerbaijani counterparts.
Draft
Agenda
English
4th Project
Steering Committee meeting (Tirana,
Albania, 4 March 2011)
[16 February 2011,
Strasbourg] The 4th
Project Steering Committee meeting will
discuss the implementation of the PACA
project from September 2010 till March
2011. Views on how to move forward with
implementation of specific project activities
will be exchanged and certain adjustments
in the workplan will be proposed. The
meeting will take place in the building
of the Council of Ministers of Albania.
Agenda:
English /
Albanian
Strengthening the protection of children’s
rights through the European Social Charter
(revised) (Kyiv, Ukraine, 15 and 16
February
2011)
[14 February 2011,
Strasbourg] The purpose
of this event is to
promote measures aiming at respecting
and protecting children’s rights in
line with the European Social Charter
(revised), to conduct a comparative
analysis of the legal guarantees of
children’s rights and to
contribute to the development of a national
policy, aimed at overcoming obstacles
to observing and broadening children’s
rights
(read more...)
Agenda
English /
Ukrainian
The judge facing child abuse and human
trafficking – international standards
and experience
(Lviv,
Ukraine,
26
and 27 January 2011)
[20 January
2011, Strasbourg]
This seminar
is organised by the Council of Europe,
in co-operation with the National School
of Judges of Ukraine, within the framework
of the Joint Project with the European
Union on strengthening and protecting
women’s and children’s rights in Ukraine
(TRES).
Judges of courts with general jurisdiction
in Ukraine and Poland
will exchange
practical information on various aspects
of cases with the participation of minors
in court proceedings and to cross-border
human trafficking.
It is expected that
participants enhance their knowledge
in handling cases and analysing evidence
in cases related to human trafficking,
in the light of their counterparts’
experience, in communicating with child-victims
of abuse and in psychologically preparing
children who are victims of violence
or witnesses to the trial.
Agenda
English /
Ukrainian /
Polish
Start-up activities
and workshop in Serbia (Belgrade 17,
18, 19 & 20 January 2011)
[18 January
2011, Strasbourg]
The MOLI-Serbia start-up
activities will take place in Belgrade
during 17-20 January 2011. The project
mission team will hold bilateral meetings
with the representatives of the European
Union Delegation to Serbia and the main
counterpart organisations, the Administration
for the Prevention of Money Laundering
(APML) and the Ministry of Finance.
Subsequent meetings will also be held
with the representatives of the beneficiaries.
The aim of the meetings is to preliminary
asses the money laundering/terrorist
financing issues in Serbia and the preparation
of the project workplan. The meetings
will be followed by a workshop on 19
January 2011, where a progress review
and assessment of the specific activities
will be made and a detailed workplan
of activities will be drafted. The draft
workplan will later be subject to approval
of the project’s start-up event to finalise
it.
Agenda
English
Octopus conference on cybercrime 2011
[22 Dec 2010, Strasbourg]
The 2011 conference on cooperation against
cybercrime is scheduled for 21 to 23
November 2011 in Strasbourg.
Themes to include:
10th anniversary of the Budapest Convention:
SWOT now?
CyberCrime strategies
Cybercrime capacity building
Monitoring progress against cybercrime
Combating and preventing trafficking
in human beings in Azerbaijan (Baku,
15
and 16 December 2010)
[13 December
2010, Strasbourg] This
two-day workshop, organised by the
Council of Europe in the framework
of its co-operation programmes,
in collaboration with the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, and with a German voluntary
contribution, aims to contribute
to strengthening institutional capacities
in Azerbaijan for fighting and preventing
trafficking in human beings in line
with the provisions of the Council of
Europe Convention on Action against
Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No.
197), which entered into force in the
country on 1.10.2010.
(read more)
Agenda
English
Trafficking
and sexual exploitation
Protecting children against sexual exploitation
and sexual abuse through Internet
(Kyiv,
Ukraine, 7-8 December 2010
[6 December
2010, Strasbourg]
The Council of Europe
is organising this regional workshop
with the support of Microsoft, within
the framework of the Joint Project with
the European Union on strengthening
and protecting women’s and children’s
rights in Ukraine (TRES).
(read more)
Agenda
English /
Russian
Ukraine
fosters protection of women and children
against violence (Kyiv, 1 December 2010)
[3 December
2010, Strasbourg] The
Joint Project between the Council of
Europe and the European Union on strengthening
and protecting women’s and children’s
rights in Ukraine in co-operation with
the Committee of Parliament of Ukraine
on Family, Youth Policy, Sport and Tourism
has held a Round Table to discuss the
study on the compatibility of the Ukrainian
legislation with the European and international
standards as regards prosecution and
prevention of violence against women
and children.
(read more)
Agenda
English /
Ukrainian
Conference on
Anti-corruption Reforms in Albania
(22 November 2010, Tirana)
[17
November 2010, Strasbourg]
Implementation
of the anti-corruption policy
and strategy in Albania
and other topical issues
will be addressed at a high-level
conference on ‘Anti-corruption
Reforms in Albania’ next
Monday, 22 November 2010.
Prime Minister of the Republic
of Albania, Mr Sali Berisha,
Deputy Secretary General
of the Council of Europe,
Ms Maud De Boer-Buquicchio,
and Chargé d’Affaires with
the European Union Delegation
to Albania Mr Luigi Brusa
will speak at the conference
along with other ministers,
representatives of independent
institutions and civil society.
The event will be held at
the Hotel Tirana International
from 16h00 to 19h30.
Agenda:
English
Media
Advisory:
English
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Raising awareness of public
officials on gender equality and children’s
rights - Pilot training course
(Boyarka
and Kyiv, Ukraine, 10-11 November 2010)
[9 Novembre
2010, Strasbourg]
The
Joint Project of the Council of Europe
and the European Union on strengthening
and protecting women’s and children’s
rights in Ukraine (TRES) will hold a
pilot training course with regard to
gender equality and children’s rights
(including violence against women and
children, trafficking in women and children,
sexual exploitation and sexual abuse
of children. (Read
more).
Agenda
10 November
English /
Ukrainian
Agenda
11 November
English /
Ukrainian
List
of participants 10 November
English /
Ukrainian
List
of participants 11 November
English /
Ukrainian
Georgia: Training
for Tax Inspectors (6-7 October 2010,
Tbilisi)>
27 October
2010, Strasbourg] The
Council of Europe organised a two days
training on "Enhancing the Ability of
Revenue Service officers to detect Corruption
Offences" at the premises of the Revenue
Service in Tbilisi, Georgia on 6 and
7 October 2010. The Revenue Service
of Georgia was the counterpart for this
event. The training sessions were led
by Mr Lgt. Col. Andrea Palandri, Guardia
di Finanza, and consisted of two main
parts: the first part was on the indicators
of fraud and bribery while the second
part focused on the "OECD Bribery Awareness
Handbook for Tax examiners". The CoE-OECD
Convention on Mutual Administrative
Assistance in Tax Matters, which was
recently signed by Georgia, was also
among the topics discussed. The participants
actively participated in the sessions
and found the subjects highly relevant
to their daily work.
Agenda
Expert's
presentation
Alerting children
to the dangers of human trafficking
(14–15 October 2010, Kamianets-Podilskyi,
Ukraine)
[12 October 2010, Strasbourg]
Further to the presentation of the Guidelines
“Prevention of human trafficking - Lesson
in secondary schools” and to the training
of trainers (Kyiv, 7-8 April 2010),
as well as to the first training session
for secondary school teachers (Alushta,
Crimea, 15 -16 June 2010), the Project
on women’s and children’s rights in
Ukraine (TRES) gives an opportunity
for Ukrainian teachers from all the
regions to discuss the implementation
of the Guidelines and introduction of
pupils to the legal basic knowledge.
(read more)
Agenda
English /
Ukrainian
List
of participants
English /
Ukrainian
Link
to the Guidelines (Ukrainian)
