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CARDS Regional Police Project (CARPO)


a Council of Europe/European Commission regional project against
serious crime in South-eastern Europe
 

CARPO

The CARDS regional project is aiming at strengthening police capacities against serious crime in South-Eastern Europe. The project is jointly funded by the European Commission and the Council of Europe. Launched on 1st of March 2004, it will end in June 2007. The Council of Europe together with the consortium partners from Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the International Organisation for Migration are responsible for the implementation of the project.


Last Activities


Signature of a Memorandum of Understanding on regional cooperation and exchange of information on financial investigations by the Heads of Police of South-eastern Europe Belgrade, Serbia, 20 June 2007 (more…)

Albanian | Bosnian | Croatian | English | Serbian | Macedonian


Regional workshop for practitioners from the police on the exchange of experience in conducting financial investigations, inter-agency and cross-border cooperation and signature of a regional agreement on co-operation and exchange of information on financial investigations, Belgrade, 19-20 June 2007 (more...)


Update of the 2006 Situation Report on Organised and Economic Crime in South-eastern Europe
 
Albanian | English | Macedonian


Regional Workshop on the application of civil law tools in the process of friezing, seizure and confiscation of proceeds, Przno, Montenegro, 15-16 May 2007


Project's Outputs


MODULE I

Output 1.1 - Development of a regional strategy on economic and organised crime

Background and justification
List of activities

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

Background and justification
List of activities

Output 1.3 - Use of special investigative means and intelligence in accordance with human rights standards

Background and justification
List of activities

Output 1.4 - Creation of effective mechanisms to protect witnesses of serious crime

Background and justification
List of activities

Output 1.5 - Strengthening of capacities for co-operation in criminal matters

Background and justification
List of activities


MODULE II

Background and justification

Output 2.1 - Develop and adopt a training strategy based on a thorough analysis of needs and capacities


Output 2.2 - Develop, test and make available for further training curricula and training materials on trafficking in human beings, smuggling and illegal migration

PROJECT DOCUMENTATION
Project description
Project's Outputs

Reports
CARPO Newsletter
CARPO Publications
Useful links
 
SPECIAL FILES
High level meeting, Sarajevo, 21 September 2006

High level meeting, Brijuni Island, 22-23 September 2005

Financial Investigations
 
REPORTS
Final CARPO Report

All CARPO Reports
 
CONTACT

Economic Crime Division
Directorate of Co-operation
DG of Human Rights and Legal Affairs
Council of Europe
F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex
Tel: + 33 (0)3 90 21 45 06
Fax:+ 33 (0)3 88 41 20 52