CARDS Regional Police Project : a joint Council of Europe / European Commission regional project against serious crime in South-eastern Europe
Output 1.2 Strengthening of financial investigations capacities aimed at the confiscation of proceeds from crime and experience exchange among the financial intelligence units in the region
LIST OF ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1.2.1: DEVELOP AND SUPPORT AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS

Regional Workshop on the Exchange of Experience in Conducting Financial Investigations, Inter-Agency and Cross-Border Co-operation and Signature of a Regional Memorandum of Understanding on Co-operation and Exchange of Information in Financial Investigations, Belgrade, Serbia, 19-20 June 2007 (more…)

Regional Workshop on the civil law tools in seizure and confiscation of proceeds from crime

Przno, Montenegro, 15-16 May 2007 (more…)

Regional workshop on the creation of a specialised agency executing seizure and confiscation orders and good practices in the area of management of seized confiscated proceeds, Tirana, 14-15 March 2007 (more…)

Regional Workshop of Local Trainers to Review and Upgrade the Training Materials on Financial Investigations and Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime, Belgrade, 16-17 November 2006 (more...)

Completed Activities

Activity	Description	Status / Place
1.2.1.4 b	Regional workshop groups in view of developing implementation strategies for each project area (back to back to activity 1.1.2.1)	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6 – 7 April 2005
1.2.1.4	Regional workshops for members of the working groups in view of developing implementation strategies for each country	Stuttgart, Germany 14 October 2004
1.2.1.4	Study visits on financial investigations	Stuttgart, Germany 10-13 October 2004
1.2.1.2	Albania: decision maker seminar in view of the establishment of working groups "financial investigations"	Tirana, Albania 23-24 November 2004
1.2.1.2	Bosnia and Herzegovina: decision maker seminar in view of the establishment of working groups "financial investigations"	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 - 29 October 2004
1.2.1.2	Croatia: decision maker seminar in view of the establishment of working groups "financial investigations"	Scheduled for, January 2004
1.2.1.2	“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”: decision maker seminar in view of the establishment of working groups "financial investigations"	Skopje, “The former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia”, 26 October 2004
1.2.1.2	Serbia and Montenegro: decision maker seminar in view of the establishment of working groups "financial investigations"	Belgrade, Serbia, 4 October 2004
1.2.1.2	Serbia and Montenegro: decision maker seminar in view of the establishment of working groups "financial investigations"	Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro, 7 October 2004
1.2.1.3	Albania: technical level seminar to identify gaps and opportunities in legislation (back-to-back with decision-maker seminars)	23-24 November 2004
1.2.1.3	Bosnia and Herzegovina: technical level seminar to identify gaps and opportunities in legislation (back-to-back with decision-maker seminars)	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 October 2004
1.2.1.3	Croatia: technical level seminar to identify gaps and opportunities in legislation (back-to-back with decision-maker seminars)	Scheduled for January 2004
1.2.1.3	“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”: technical level seminar to identify gaps and opportunities in legislation (back-to-back with decision-maker seminars)	Skopje, “The former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia” 27 October 2004
1.2.1.3	Serbia and Montenegro: technical level seminar to identify gaps and opportunities in legislation (back-to-back with decision-maker seminars)	Belgrade, Serbia, 5 October 2004
1.2.1.3	Serbia and Montenegro: technical level seminar to identify gaps and opportunities in legislation (back-to-back with decision-maker seminars)	Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro, 8 October 2004
1.2.1.4	Study visits on financial investigations	Stuttgart, Germany 10-13 October 2004
1.2.1.4	Regional workshops for members of the working groups in view of developing implementation strategies for each country	Stuttgart, Germany 14 October 2004
1.2.1.1	Regional thematic seminar to review relevant European and other international standards and reach agreement on the approach to financial investigations for confiscation	Strasbourg, France 9 June 2004
Other	Harmonised template for the national implementation strategy on financial investigation with guidelines for its drafting prepared by the short-term experts and advisors to the project, vetted by the countries and adopted	October 2004

Other Activities

Activity	Description	Place / Date
1.2.1.5	Assist working groups in development in amendments to legislation if necessary, as well as of guidelines for practitioners (per request)	April – December 2005
	Albania
	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Croatia
	Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro) back to back to activity1.2.1.5	5 – 7 May 2005
	Montenegro (Serbia and Montenegro)
	Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)
	“the Former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia”

ACTIVITY 1.2.2: DEVELOP, TEST AND MAKE AVAILABLE MATERIALS ON FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND CONFISCATION FOR FUTHER TRAINING

Completed Activities

Activity	Description	Place / Date
1.2.2.4	In-country training events by local trainers with expert support to test and further improve training materials	November 2005 – 2006
1.2.2.3	Regional workshop to finalise and endorse training materials and concepts for all project areas	Tirana, 19-20 December 2005
1.2.2.2	Short-term experts to assist working groups in developing target-group specific training materials in each project area	June – October 2005
	Albania
	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Croatia
	Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro) back to back to activity1.2.1.5
	Montenegro (Serbia and Montenegro)
	Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)
	“the Former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia”
1.2.2.1	Regional seminar to review training needs and discuss training concepts (back to back to activity 1.2.1.4b)	Sarajevo, 6-7 April 2005
1.2.2.4 a	Regional training for local trainers	Strasbourg, 20-23 February 2006
1.2.2.4 b	In-country training events by local trainers with expert support to test and futher improve training materials	March-September 2006
	Albania	13-14 April 2006
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29-31 May 2006
	Croatia	24-27 April 2006
	Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro) back to back to activity1.2.1.5	20-24 February 2006
	Montenegro (Serbia and Montenegro)	17-18 April 2006
	Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)	10-12 May 2006
	“the Former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia”	26-27 June 2006
1.2.2.5	Production of training materials in local languages	2006

ACTIVITY 1.2.3: FACILITATE INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE AMONG THE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION

Completed Activities

Activity	Description	Place / Date
1.2.3.4	Regional seminar to facilitate the drawing up of an agreement on further cooperation among the FIUs of the region	Ohrid, 24-25 March 2005
1.2.3.3	Training seminar for staff of FIUs on information exchange, in particular in view of Egmont Group and other relevant standards and practices, and preparation of the draft MOU on cooperation among FIUs of the region	Zagreb, 10-11 February 2005
1.2.3.1	Regional seminar for members of the FIUs of the region to review problems and opportunities, as well as training requirements, with regard to information exchange among them	Brdo, 18-19 October 2004
1.2.3.2	Training seminar for staff of FIUs on information exchange, in particular in view of Egmont Group and other relevant standards and practices