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Learning to follow the money: Judges and prosecutors sharpen skills to fight financial crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Judges and prosecutors from Bosnia and Herzegovina took part in a specialised training on financial investigations and asset recovery. The Council of Europe cooperated with the centres for education of judges and prosecutors of the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska on fine-tuning the...
Brčko District engages in concrete action towards establishing Beneficial Ownership Register
As part of ongoing efforts to improve transparency and combat financial crime, the Council of Europe organised a tailored workshop for the dedicated Working Group of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18-19 June 2025 to support the establishment of a Beneficial Ownership Register in...
Supervisors advance skills for risk-based oversight of real estate sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina
A specialized workshop, as part of a broader initiative to strengthen domestic capabilities in risk-based supervision to counter money laundering and terrorism financing, was held on 13 June in Sarajevo. The event brought together representatives of competent supervisory bodies to focus...
Enhancing financial investigations and asset recovery in BiH: Capacity building for law enforcement and judiciary
A specialised capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening law enforcement and judicial practices in financial investigations and asset recovery took place in Sarajevo on 12 March 2025. Supported by Council of Europe experts, the workshop brought together representatives from courts,...
Empowering legal professionals to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In collaboration with the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina and entity-level Bar Associations, the Council of Europe hosted a capacity-building workshop for lawyers on 10-11 December 2024 in Sarajevo. The workshop focused on the critical role of legal professionals in preventing money...
Council of Europe organizes an awareness raising workshop on addressing terrorist financing risks and mitigation strategies to safeguard non-profit organizations
On 9 December 2024, the Council of Europe organised a workshop aimed at raising awareness among the competent authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina about the importance of applying targeted, proportionate, and risk-based measures to prevent the misuse of non-profit organizations (NPOs) for...
Council of Europe presents the guidance for the beneficial ownership registers roadmap
At the meeting held on 22 October 2024 in Sarajevo, the authorities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, and the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina were presented with a draft roadmap for establishing and enhancing Beneficial Ownership (BO) Registers in Bosnia and...
Council of Europe trains competent authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina for effective AML/CFT supervision of lawyers and notaries
The capacity-building training for competent authorities responsible for AML/CFT supervision of lawyers and notaries in Bosnia and Herzegovina was organized on 15-16 October 2024 in Sarajevo. The aim of the training was to enhance the application of a risk-based approach in supervising selected...
Council of Europe trains competent authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina for effective oversight over implementation of targeted financial sanctions
The Council of Europe equipped representatives of competent authorities with comprehensive insights into the strategies and practices crucial for the successful enforcement of targeted financial sanctions in Bosnia and Herzegovina at a workshop held on 29-30 April 2024 in Sarajevo. It built on...
Workshop on Beneficial Ownership Registers in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Comparative EU Practices, Current Status, and Challenges
A workshop designed to raise awareness of the European Union (EU) legal framework on the registers of Beneficial Ownership and to showcase comparative practices and examples from EU Member States concerning policy, legal, and technical considerations for the establishment of such registers was...
Interagency Working Group reviews the draft report on the risk assessment associated with VAs and VASPs
As a follow up to the workshop held in May 2023, the Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo organized a meeting for the members of the Interagency Working Group on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risk assessment of virtual assets and virtual assets service...
New Actions against Economic Crime Launched in the Western Balkans and Türkiye
In January 2023, the Council of Europe began the implementation of the third phase of the European Union and Council of Europe Joint Programme ‘Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Türkiye’. The Horizontal Facility is a co-operation modality developed by the Council of Europe and the...