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Council of Europe supports Albania in strengthening response to trade-based money laundering
The project “Countering Money Laundering in Albania” continues to support Albanian authorities in their efforts to enhance the effectiveness of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures. As part of this initiative, a specialised workshop on the...
Moldovan authorities strengthen their capacity to combat money laundering in line with European standards
As the Republic of Moldova advances on its path towards European Union membership, strengthening the country's ability to prevent and detect financial crime remains a key priority. In 2024, the European Union adopted a comprehensive reform of its framework for preventing money laundering and the...
Council of Europe supports discussions on enhancing Asset Recovery and Asset Management frameworks
The Council of Europe participated in the international conference “From Confiscation to Public Good” organised by the Agency for the Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets on 25–26 May 2026 in Albania, Tirana. The event gathered representatives of Albanian institutions, international...
Cypriot authorities draw on French experience to shape internal procedures of the future AMO
On 21–22 May, representatives of the Directorate of Insolvency (DoI) and the Financial Intelligence Unit MOKAS of Cyprus took part in a peer-to-peer visit to French institutions working in the field of asset recovery and management. The visit provided Cypriot authorities with practical insight...
Council of Europe supports Albanian municipalities in strengthening corruption prevention and integrity measures
The Council of Europe organised a series of regional awareness-raising workshops on corruption prevention and integrity measures at local level in Albania from 10–13 March 2026. The workshops were held in Korça, Tirana, Vlora and Shkodra. They were organized in cooperation with the Minister of...
New cooperation initiatives to strengthen Albania’s resilience against corruption and money laundering launched in Tirana
The Council of Europe officially launched two new co-operation projects in Albania. Co-funded by Switzerland and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe, these projects will support Albania’s reform agenda in tackling financial crime. The project “Enhancing Public Sector...
Joint Council of Europe and Egmont Group Training of Trainers on Strategic Analysis for Financial Intelligence Units
On 11-13 March 2024, the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), organised a Training of Trainers on Strategic Analysis for FIU analysts. The event gathered 20 representatives from 17 jurisdictions, including Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and...
CosP 10: Council of Europe special event on judicial specialisation in the fight against corruption
On the occasion of the tenth session of the Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Cooperation Division hosted a special event on “Judicial specialisation in the fight against corruption” on...
Roundtable on the Council of Europe money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment tools
On 16-17 November 2023, the Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) hosted a Roundtable on the Council of Europe money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) national and sectoral risk assessment methodologies. The event aimed at presenting and discussing different...
Council of Europe discusses trends and practices of special judiciary in the anti-corruption area
The Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) organised a roundtable on “Trends and practices of special courts and specialised judges in the anti-corruption area” on 31 October 2023 in Strasbourg, France. The roundtable brought together judges of special and regular...
Training on conducting strategic analysis for the Bulgarian Financial Intelligence Unit
The Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) is supporting Bulgarian Financial Intelligence Directorate under the State Agency for National Security (FID-SANS – Bulgarian Financial Intelligence Unit) with strengthening their anti-money laundering and countering the...
Supporting Bulgarian Financial Intelligence Unit with enhancing its operational analysis function
On 4-5 July 2023, the Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Cooperation Division held a two-day training on conducting operational analysis for 17 representatives of the Financial Intelligence Directorate under the State Agency for National Security (FID-SANS, Bulgarian FIU). The training was...
The ECCD publishes the 2022 Highlights report
The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) publishes its annual Highlights report for 2022. Overall, in 2022, the ECCD implemented technical assistance and co-operation actions in 33 jurisdictions, supporting their efforts to address corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing,...
Practitioners discuss emerging money laundering and terrorist financing trends and challenges in the context of technical cooperation against economic crime
The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division of the Council of Europe organised, on 12 December 2022 a Roundtable on “Emerging money laundering and terrorist financing trends and challenges” involving practitioners and representatives of beneficiary institutions from 12 jurisdictions (including...
Council of Europe launches an e-course on Introduction to Corruption Prevention
On 26 April 2022, the Council of Europe held an online event to launch the e-course on ‘Introduction to Corruption Prevention’. The course aims to support the understanding of preventive tools for a greater awareness of the integrity standards that apply to public officials. It puts in the...
The Russian Federation is excluded from the Council of Europe
In an extraordinary meeting on the morning of 16 March 2022, the Committee of Ministers decided, in the context of the procedure launched under Article 8 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, that the Russian Federation ceases to be a member of the Council of Europe as from that date, after 26...
Council of Europe participated at the 9th Session of the Conference of the State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption
Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) of the Council of Europe participated at the 9th Session of the Conference of the State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption and held on 16 December 2021 an online special event on Trends, good practices and challenges in...
Supporting EU Member States in the area of anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing
In June 2021, the Council of Europe and the European Commission Directorate General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) have officially launched the implementation of four new joint Actions within the “Support to EU Member States in the implementation of reforms under the Technical Support...
Analysis and recommendations on FIFA transfer system
In 2020, FIFA requested the Council of Europe to cooperate in drafting FIFA’s “Transfer System Reform”, on the basis of Council of Europe’s normative framework and the specific experience of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). Within the framework of this cooperation, the Secretariat...
ECCD publishes a paper on the use of non-conviction based seizure and confiscation
The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division is proud to publish this paper on the use of non-conviction based seizure and confiscation. The paper addresses the key principles and model components to develop robust and procedurally fair non-conviction based asset recovery regimes compatible with...
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