International Events
International Conference "Transparency of Beneficial Ownership"
The international conference on “Transparency of Beneficial Ownership” represents one step forward in developing a common understanding of the European and international standards, comparative practices related to transparency of beneficial ownership, and the required future steps through due...
ECCD presents its cooperation activities on ethics, integrity and conflict of interest to the European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG)
The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) presented its efforts towards strengthening ethics and integrity in the public and the private sector to the Working Group on Public Ethics of the European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG). The presentation demonstrated the efforts...
Workshop for Judges and Prosecutors: “Experiences, Challenges and Best Practices”
On 26 and 27 March 2018, the Council of Europe hosted the workshop on money laundering, terrorist financing and asset recovery for judges and prosecutors co-organised by the MONEYVAL Secretariat, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
Action against Economic Crime: tools, impact and lessons learnt
The Council of Europe’s Action against Economic Crime & Cooperation Division organised a brainstorming event in Strasbourg during 15-16 February 2018. The event brought together more than 40 Council of Europe experts from academia, policy community and practitioners along with the Council of...
Scoping mission to Turkmenistan
A Council of Europe delegation visited Turkmenistan to assess the needs of authorities in the area of anti-corruption, anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism, as well as private sector compliance and protection of entrepreneurs’ rights. The Council of Europe delegation met...
Scoping mission to Uzbekistan
A scoping mission was carried out by the Council of Europe to assess the needs of Uzbek authorities in the area of anti-corruption, anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism, as well as private sector compliance and protection of entrepreneurs’ rights. The Council of Europe...
Scoping mission to Tajikistan
The Council of Europe carried out a scoping mission to assess the needs of Tajik authorities in the area of anti-corruption, anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism, as well as private sector compliance and protection of entrepreneurs’ rights. The Council of Europe delegation...
Presentation of Council of Europe technical cooperation activities
The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) presented its technical cooperation activities at the GRECO Conference on “Prevention of Corruption in respect of Parliamentarians, Judges and Prosecutors: main trends and lessons learned from GRECO Fourth Evaluation Round”. Conference...
Experts call to step up the fight against corruption
Mr Michele Nicoletti (Italy, SOC), rapporteur of the PACE Political Affairs Committee on Corruption as governance regime: a barrier to institutional efficiency and progress, in co-operation with the Action Against Crime Department of the Council of Europe, gathered a number of academic experts...
International seminar: “Facing new challenges in combating terrorist financing”
The international workshop was organised with the support of the Norway Grants by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic and the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division of the Council of Europe. The event brought together 61 participants from 31 European countries, representing financial...
Workshop on the Council of Europe AML/CFT National Risk Assessment Methodology
On 1-2 September 2016 the Council of Europe will be holding a workshop in Strasbourg, France to discuss the draft AML/CFT National Risk Assessment Methodology developed by the Economic Crime and Cooperation Unit. International experts in the field of organized crime, risk assessments and...
International Conference on fighting economic crime
The International Conference "Developing trends in combating corruption, money laundering and recovering criminal assets in Europe" will take place on 20-21 October 2015 in Prague. The forum will debate the major trends, challenges and new international standards on anti-corruption, anti-money...
Regional Conference on ”Detecting and Investigating Corruption and Fraud through Audit Procedures”
Numerous representatives of state audit institutions, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and judges from across the South East Europe will take part in the regional conference on ”Detecting and Investigating Corruption and Fraud through Audit Procedures” organised by the Council of Europe in...
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