Technical papers CAR Serbia

These technical reports and presentations have been prepared under the CAR Serbia Project. They do not necessarily reflect official positions of the Council of Europe.

Technical Papers 2010

TP1 - Technical paper on criminal assets recovery system in Serbia and comparative analysis with other systems in Central an Western Europe
TP2 - Technical paper on proposed revisions and a summary of practical problems in the application of the law on seizure and confiscation of proceeds from crime

Technical Papers 2011

TP1 - Software Needs Analysis for the Directorate for the Management of Seized & Confiscated Assets and the Financial Investigation Unit of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia
TP2 - Paper on the Directorate for the Management of Seized and Confiscated Assets
TP3 - Technical paper on recommendations for amendment of the Serbian legislation on the seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime and compatibility with human rights principles
TP4 - Record Keeping Regulation and Law on the Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime
TP5 - The current situation with the financial investigation unit of the ministry of interior of Republic of Serbia
TP6 - Mutual Legal Assistance Draft Manual
TP7 - Tender – DMSCA and FIU Software Documentation (Prepared in cooperation with HQ)
TP8 - Draft Regulation on the Management of Temporarily Seized Assets, Records Kept in the Directorate for Managing Seized and Confiscated Assets and the Manner of Keeping Records (not available to CAR team)
TP9 - Public perception on the implementation of the Law on Seizure and Confiscation of Criminal Assets (September 2011) SRB - ENG
TP10 - Draft Operations Manual for the Directorate for Managing Seized and Confiscated Assets
TP11 - Serbian Legal Framework on Mutual Legal Assistance with Particular Emphasis on Freezing & Confiscating Criminal Proceeds
TP12 - Analysis of media reporting on the implementation of the Law on Seizure and Confiscation of Criminal Assets (June 2011) SRB
TP13 - Mutual Legal Assistance in the Region of South East Europe: Challenges and Possible Solutions (with particular reference to asset recovery)

Technical Papers 2012

TP1 - Report on Fact Finding Mission to Serbia and Outline Training Plan for the Financial Investigation Unit of the Ministry of Interior
TP2 - European Court on Human Rights Jurisprudence and Civil Recovery of Illicitly Obtained Assets (Confiscation in REM)
TP3 - Civil Forfeiture (Confiscation in rem): Explanatory & Impact study
TP4 - Protocol on the organisation and competences of the directorate for managing seized and confiscated assets in respect of public information, communication with the media and advancement of the media promotion of the directorate’s work and effects of the law on the seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime
TP5 - Set of frequently asked questions by reporters with recommended answers
TP6 - Operational procedures in DMSCA
TP7 - Recommendations for improvements of operational procedures for DMSCA
TP8 - Training Curriculum on Media Communication
TP9 - Asset sharing MoU template
TP10 - Issues and Possible Approaches to the Legal Framework for Confiscation In the Republic of Serbia
TP11 - Mission Report on the Discussions relating to the Law, Procedure and Practical Application of the Offence on Abuse of Office and Similar Offences
TP12 - Conviction based confiscation framework
TP13 - Mission report – Retreat of the Working Group for the revision of the Asset Recovery Law
TP14 - Discussion paper on Training Strategy for the Financial Investigation Unit of the Ministry of Interior and Prosecutors
TP15 - Draft Design Concept for an Initial Financial Investigation & Asset Recovery Course and Advanced Investigation Course
TP16 - Draft International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act SRB - ENG
TP17 - The deployment of special investigative means - (SIMs) ENG

Technical Papers 2013

TP1 - Analysis of amendments made in the criminal law, the criminal procedure code, and the law on criminal assets recovery and their impact on fight against organised crime, financial crime and corruption and efficient recovery of assets
TP2 - Analysis of the broader legislative framework and ist impacs on financial investigations, seizure, recovery and management of criminal assets
TP3 - Inventory of assets for the directorate for management of seized and confiscated assets
TP4 - Organisational structure of the directorate for management of seized and confiscated assets
TP5 - Recommendations to optimise the informations system and data bases of the directorate for management of seized and confiscated assets and recommendations to improve the financial-accounting function
TP6 - Procedures for DMSCA for handling of assets