POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE On 14 December, the Mission facilitated the third annual review of the KP Training Strategy and Action Plan 20142018. Alongside senior human resources and training officers of the KP attending the workshop, three Mission experts also took part in and contributed to the revision of this strategy. Participants evaluated and acknowledged challenges and shortcomings, and discussed and identified ways to further improve the capacity-building process and address deficiencies that occurred during the implementation period. Strengthening capacities for delivering training, improvement of the training needs analysis, change management and international co-operation in training and capacity-building, were some of the topics discussed and evaluated during the review. Human Rights and Police Accountability On 27 November, the Mission organized a workshop to assist the PIK in reviewing its Development Strategy and Annual Plan 2016-2018, to further support police oversight in ensuring that good policing standards are upheld. The workshop enabled senior PIK officials to identify successes, challenges and shortcomings in the implementation process of their development strategy during 2017. It additionally served as a discussion forum for the PIK staff and their international partners (the Mission, ICITAP and EULEX) to jointly identify ways to improve their capacity-building process and address weaknesses during the implementation phase in 2018. Anti-Corruption On 10 July, the Mission launched the second project on strengthening the capacity of relevant institutions to combat high-level corruption2, funded by the German Government and implemented by the Mission. The project aims to increase capabilities of the core group, comprising of police officers, special prosecutors and investigators of the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA), to effectively investigate criminal cases related to high-level corruption. The event presented activities designed to advance the development of good law enforcement practices primed by sophisticated anti-corruption investigation methods and techniques, in promoting a more efficient, effective and proactive response of responsible agencies towards high-level corruption. Representatives of relevant government agencies took part in the event where the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, the German Ambassador, KP Deputy General Director and the Director of ACA, addressed the audience, stressing the importance of the project and encouraging beneficiaries to work together in fighting corruption. 2 Within the framework of this project, from 12 to 14 July, the Mission organized a roundtable on legal aspects in investigating high-level corruption, in order to increase the mutual understanding of constraints and capabilities of prosecutors, KP and ACA investigators. The roundtable, held in Pejë/Peć, hosted 20 participants from the KP, Special Prosecutor’s Office, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), PIK, Customs and Tax Administration. During the event, participants acquired a greater understanding of specific requirements and situations that all parties encounter during investigating and prosecuting criminal acts of corruption. They also became acquainted with the required approach from the revised Criminal Procedure Code and other legal acts regarding the conduct of the police and prosecutors in detecting and prosecuting criminal offences of high-level corruption through the exchange of relevant data. Additionally, from 4 to 6 September, the Mission facilitated a three-day seminar on financial crime investigation, asset seizure/forfeiture, tax fraud investigation and money laundering. The goal of the seminar was to discuss best EU practices in fighting corruption in accordance with the EU legislation and institutions in financial and proactive investigations. The event gathered representatives of the KP, Special Prosecution Office, Tax Administration, FIU, Privatization Agency, Agency for Managing Sequestrated and Confiscated Assets, Coordinator against Economic Crimes, PIK, and two international experts on this area of work. Confiscation of criminal assets was still deemed at an initial phase and a very important tool for preventing and fighting this corruption phenomenon. Participants identified several challenges and recommendations that were forwarded to respective authorities with the aim to improve and ensure efficiency in exchanging information to successfully implement the set objectives in fighting highlevel corruption.  From 2 to 6 October, the Mission delivered advanced training on financial crime investigation to the core group comprising of KP criminal investigators, prosecutors, members of the ACA and other law enforcement representatives. The training aimed to familiarize participants with applicable legislation on IT forensics, enriched by practical exercises such as copying files and examining mobile phones in order to meet the requirements at the court trial. All attendees received a full overview on public procurement regulations and the constituent facts of money laundering, and were acquainted with the course of events from seizure to confiscation of proceeds of crime. Finally, trainees were informed with indepth knowledge of foreign corrupt practices and tax havens, and the need for a homogenous anti-money laundering and anti-tax evasion policy in Europe. The first project was conducted in 2015. 57