During the reporting period, the Department also organized a seminar on “Environmental
Crime” with participants from law enforcement agencies, ministries, municipalities and
NGOs, aiming to initiate multi-agency co-operation to combat environmental crime as an
emerging form of organized crime, and to examine municipal, Kosovo-wide and international
aspects. This led to an agreed plan of action for 2012 which includes enforcement and public
awareness activities.
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4.3
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Background
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports the Montenegrin authorities in the ongoing police
reform process aimed at transforming the Montenegrin Police into a professional,
democratic, accountable, effective, and efficient service, accepted and respected by the
society. In 2011, the Police Affairs Section (PAS) within the Mission consisted of four
international and five national staff involved in a variety of police-related activities defined as
priorities within the comprehensive police reform process. At the strategic level, the Mission
and the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of Montenegro, on 19 July 2011, signed an annual
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in the law enforcement area,
facilitating further integration of the host State into European and Euro-Atlantic structures.
The MoU aims at supporting the police reform process in the fields of:
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Developing a partnership relation with the local community through the
implementation of the Community Policing Project, which shall include: assistance
in the implementation of the National Community Policing Strategy; support in
specific areas – traffic safety, border security and crime prevention; and training of
police officers for the implementation of the Project.
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Developing the Police Accountability System, which shall include: expert
assistance and training in the development of the most effective systems for
internal control; transparent internal investigative and anti corruption capacities
and procedures, in line with international standards and values.
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Enhancing criminal investigation capacities, especially in the fight against
organized and serious crime, which shall include: providing assistance in the
implementation of the Strategy for the Fight against Corruption and Organized
Crime and the Action Plan for its implementation; support in establishing the
National Co-ordination Unit of State Administration for the exchange of
intelligence data; enhancing the capacity of the police to fight corruption,
organized crime and economic crime; assistance in providing specialized training
in Police Affairs that the Police Directorate defined as a priority; as well as
facilitating the provision of necessary specialized equipment.
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Enhancing the capacities of the Border Police, which shall include: further
improvement of cross-border co-operation and support in the implementation of
the Integrated Border Management Strategy and its Action Plan.
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