4.5 Mission to Serbia enhancing participants’ capacities to carry out detailed criminal analysis for developing the SOCTA in line with Europol standards. Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia with the aim to enhance the structure, conclusions, key recommendations and indicators of their assessment reports. t
From 8-10 February, the Mission organized a study visit for a group of six strategic analysts and three police managers of the three South-Eastern European countries to the Belgian Federal Police and their Directorate in Brussels. The 9 participants received practical knowledge on intelligence gathering, dissemination, and analytical techniques. On 30 December, the Serbian MoI published the first national SOCTA. The document is a strategic overview of serious and organized crime in the country, including drugs, irregular migration, human trafficking, money laundering, corruption, and cybercrime. Anti-Corruption t
From 20-24 April, the Mission organized a workshop for 25 analysts from the participating countries to develop a SOCTA methodology for common regional concerns (i.e. drug-related crimes). The event contributed to the development of both the national and regional SOCTAs. Throughout the year, the Mission organized various activities with regard to the project entitled “Enhancing Capacities of the Serbian Police to Fight Corruption”. The goal of the project is to assist Serbia’s institutions, as well as the general public, in countering systemic corruption. t
From 1-4 June, the Mission organized a study visit for 8 crime analysts from the three South-Eastern European countries to the Austrian Federal Police and UNODC. The aim of the visit was to teach participants about European and international practices of strategic analysis to produce SOCTAs. t
From 4-5 February and 9-10 March, the Mission organized two training activities on advanced accounting for 25 economic crime investigators and two prosecutors in Belgrade. The event included a theoretical introduction to the elements of financial statements, international accounting standards, and disclosures and other specialist accounting-related topics. t
From 11-12 June, the Mission organized a visit for two experts from Europol to Belgrade to mentor crime analysts from Serbia and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The aim of the visit was to provide them with the necessary support in applying the recently drafted methodology for producing the SOCTA in line with Europol standards, and to build the capacities of the Serbian police to combat serious and organized crime. t
On 26 June, the Mission organized the first regional SOCTA Working Group meeting in Podgorica, Montenegro. The WG included representatives from the police services and from the OSCE Missions of the three South-Eastern European countries. Participants had the opportunity to exchange information on the current status of drafting the national SOCTA reports. t
On 3 July, the Mission supported the CSO Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and the MoI in designing a workshop for ten police staff and representatives of nine CSOs. Participants discussed modalities and dimensions of organized crime, and used analytical tools to map out social factors influencing organized crime in Serbia. t
From 29-30 September, the Mission organized a twoday workshop in Herceg Novi, Montenegro aimed at supporting the development of the SOCTA. During the workshop, two Europol experts mentored 18 strategic criminal analysts from former Yugoslav Republic of 74 t
From 22-25 March, the Mission supported four criminal and economic crime investigators to attend the 2015 Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) European Fraud Conference in London. t
From 7-8 May, the Mission organized a two-day workshop on the development of the curriculum for training of economic crime investigators in Vrdnik. Five participants from the Serbian Ministry of Interior’s Criminal Investigation Directorate and the Ministry’s Police Education Directorate attended the workshop in order to finalize a ten-week training programme for economic crime investigators. t
From 27-30 May, the Mission supported five criminal and economic crime investigators to attend the ACAMS 11th Annual Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Financial Crime Conference in London. The conference focused on preparations for the 4th AML Directive on preventing the use of the financial system for money laundering and terrorist financing. t
From 1-3 June, the Mission organized a progress evaluation workshop for a core group of ten economic crime investigators and two prosecutors who have been participating in capacity-building activities to fight corruption over the past year. The group focused on methods to conduct joint financial and criminal