Back Serbian judiciary and law enforcement agencies enhanced their awareness on processing money laundering as a standalone offence

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A two-day seminar on Exchange of best practices on processing money laundering as standalone offence: use of circumstantial evidence in money laundering cases and parallel proceedings against natural and legal persons took place in Arandjelovac on 24 and 25 October 2022, within the project “Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Serbia”, and gathered twenty four representatives of relevant institutions (High Court of Cassations, Higher and Appellate Courts in Belgrade, Nis and Novi Sad and Kragujevac, Republic Public Prosecution, Prosecution for Organised Crime, Higher Public Prosecutions in Novi Sad, Nis and Kraljevo, and Ministry of Interior, Service for Combatting Organised Crime.)

The aim of the event was to familiarize participants with different approaches and best practices on processing money laundering as a standalone offence, different perspectives on standards of proof applicable and caselaw of the Belgian and Dutch courts as well as the caselaw of the ECHR in this area.

During the first day the participants were introduced to the concept of the 6-step approach used in Netherlands and Belgium for processing money laundering offenses, the role of the circumstantial evidence, and the use of money laundering typologies in investigation, indictment and verdict. Participants were also acquainted with the most relevant cases of the European Court of Human Rights in this area. On the second day of the seminar, participants discussed the use of experts testimonials as evidence, and parallel proceedings against natural and legal persons related to money laundering cases. Throughout both days, the participants had the opportunity to work on the mock cases based on the actual practice of Dutch and Belgian courts and to discuss possible strategies for processing and adjudicating these cases.

The seminar was the first in a series of capacity building activities aimed at improving processing and adjudicating money laundering cases, providing platform for direct exchange and discussion among representatives of law enforcement, prosecution and judiciary, and learning from the good practices and challenges experienced by their peers.

The Project “Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Serbia” is funded by Sweden, represented by the Swedish International Development Agency and implemented by the Council of Europe.

Arandjelovac, Serbia 24 - 25 October 2022
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