• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • From 18-19 March, in Novi Sad for 20 criminal investigators from departments for suppression of economic and general crime from police districts of Kikinda, Novi Sad, Sombor, Subotica and Zrenjanin; From 15-16 May, in Nis for 20 criminal investigators from departments for suppression of economic crime from police districts of Bor, Leskovac, Nis, Pirot, Prokuplje, Vranje and Zajecar; From 10-11 June, in Kragujevac for 20 criminal investigators from departments for suppression of economic crime from police districts of Cacak, Jagodina, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Krusevac, Prijepolje, Novi Pazar and Uzice; From 11-12 June, for Nis Police District, immediately followed by an event in Prokuplje Police District on 13 June, gathering 25 investigators and five prosecutors in each; On 18 June, in Leskovac Police District for 20 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 19 and 20 June, in Vranje Police District for 20 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; From 23-24 June, in Belgrade for 21 criminal investigators from departments for suppression of economic crime from police districts of Belgrade, Pancevo, Pozarevac, Sabac, Smederevo, Sremska Mitrovica and Valjevo; On 9 July, in Sremska Mitrovica for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 10 July, in Sabac for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 11 July, in Valjevo for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 10 September, in Cacak for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 11 and 12 September, in Zlatibor for the police districts of Prijepolje and Uzice, gathering 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors, respectively; On 18 September, in Novi Pazar for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 24 and 25 September, in Vrnjacka Banja for 50 criminal investigators and police officers and ten prosecutors from Kraljevo Police District; On 15 October, in Bor for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 16 October, in Zajecar for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 17 October, in Pirot for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 28 October, in Ecka for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors from Zrenjanin Police District; On 29 October, in Belgrade for Pancevo Police District for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 30 October, in Srebrno Jezero for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors from Pozarevac Police District; On 13 November, in Krusevac for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 14 November, in Smederevo for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors; On 19 and 20 November, for 50 criminal investigators and police officers and ten prosecutors from Kragujevac Police District; On 21 November, in Jagodina for 25 criminal investigators and five prosecutors. The process was designed to support police and prosecution in developing a tool for structural changes needed for effective investigation under the new CPC. It enhanced the interagency discussion between criminal and uniformed police with district prosecution to adjust the current system and enable both the MoI and the General Public Prosecution Office to have a comprehensive overview of the current problems related to criminal investigations. The purpose was to facilitate further steps toward the establishment of a functioning criminal justice system. The Mission organized half of the aforementioned events in co-operation with the US International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), based at the US Embassy in Belgrade. 91