With the aim of providing further support and international expert advice in the overall reform process of Serbia, the Mission organized a workshop on “Supporting the Implementation of the New Criminal Procedure Code in Perspective of Enhancing the Cooperation between Prosecutors and Police” on 29 May in Belgrade. The purpose of the workshop was to support co-operation between the police and prosecution in the ongoing implementation phase of the new CPC, as well as to discuss current and potential practical issues in the implementation of prosecutor-led investigations. The workshop also provided a possibility for Serbian prosecutors and police officers to share experience with guest speakers, prosecutors and police officers from Sweden and Hungary, countries with significant experience in prosecutor-led investigations. The main beneficiaries of the workshop were 15 representatives of the MoI, three representatives of the Special Prosecution for Organized Crime, two representatives of the Special Prosecution for War Crimes and ten representatives of the Republic Public Prosecution. Furthermore, on 13-14 September, the Mission organized a round table on “Reforms of Criminal Procedure Codes, Regional Trends and Serbian Experiences” in Belgrade. The round table aimed to further promote the expert debate on the future of the new CPC and to evaluate experience in the up-to-date application of the Code in Serbia. This two-day event aimed to enhance the discussion on the new CPC in the light of regional trends in criminal procedure and to compile the experience gathered so far with the implementation of the CPC. On its first day, the round table focused on discussing reforms of criminal procedure codes in the region. It was a platform to present the Mission’s edited publication New Trends in Serbian Criminal Procedure Law and Regional Perspectives – Normative and Practical Aspects. The publication is a thematic compilation of articles by eminent practitioners and academics in the field of criminal procedure law from Serbia and the region providing a comparative review of legislation and experiences in the application of new criminal procedure codes in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. The second day of the round table was dedicated to sharing experiences in the application of the new Serbian CPC since January 2012, from the perspectives of judges, prosecutors, police officers and defence counsels as key participants. Financial Investigations/Money Laundering On 6-7 February, the Mission supported the participation of the MoI’s Head of the Department for the Suppression of Organized Financial Crime within the Criminal Investigations Directorate, in the “20th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum”, organized by the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna, dedicated to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. The main objectives of the Forum were to identify needs and priorities, to raise awareness and to stimulate the political will of the OSCE participating States in dealing with economic, environmental and security challenges (see also chapter 3.2). In advocating the development of a sustainable specialized training system, in co-ordination with the MoI’s Service for Combating Organized Crime, the Mission facilitated the international exchange of experience on standards in the training of financial investigators. On 2 March, a UK Police Academy expert delivered a one-day presentation on the “Accredited Financial Investigators” course, available at the UK Police Academy. The presentation was attended by some 50 participants: representatives from the MoI’s Department for the Suppression of Organized Financial Crime; the Financial Investigation Unit; the Service for the Suppression of Crime and the Directorate for Police Education, Professional Development, Training and Science. Representatives from the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering, the Organized Crime Prosecutor’s Office, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Tax Police, as well as representatives of the international community in Serbia, such as the CoE, USAID and the US ICITAP, also attended the presentation. 87