and education and training; career development issues; gender issues and policing skills; legislation; the creation of associations as an opportunity to enhance quality and efficiency of the police work; as well as gender equality issues. The Mission supported the writing process of the report and its translation into all SEPCA languages. Organized Crime During 2010, the LED provided the MoI with expert advice and assistance in drafting the Ministry’s Action Plan on the implementation of the National Strategy for the Fight against Organized Crime in Serbia adopted in late 2009. The process of implementation was challenging in many respects, including organizational change requirements, which the LED has been assisting where and when possible. This process was going to continue in the short to medium term and despite its slow start, was a testimony of the Ministry’s commitment to implement the tasks it set for itself. The LED and the MoI increased their co-operation and output in the domain of countering economic crime. In line with the Law on Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime passed in 2009, a Financial Investigations Unit was set up within the MoI. In support of this effort, the LED also organized a workshop on the “Use of Financial Intelligence in Organized Crime Investigations”. Based on practical examples from a Dutch model, responsible MoI personnel explored ways to foster anti-organized crime and other investigations, such as drug trafficking, the real estate sector, etc. The results of the workshop were to be channelled into policy and programmatic decisions of the MoI. Furthermore, a series of five study visits to a variety of European states were organized for the MoI Financial Investigation Unit with the aim to establish and improve the existing MoI network with European Law enforcement services in the area of combating organized financial crime, financial intelligence, asset forfeiture, fight against corruption and money laundering, as well as to exchange and increase the knowledge and expertise existing within the Serbian investigative authorities. The LED also supported the MoI to develop the capacities of its newly established Department of Security Affairs primarily in charge of implementing the Law on Protection of Data, by facilitating a visit to the Norwegian Police Directorate at a senior management level. The aim of the visit was for senior Serbian officers to get acquainted with the Norwegian practice and experience in the protection of classified data, internal security procedures and the collection of information used in personnel vetting. In support of the Ministry’s drug-fighting efforts, the Department facilitated a pilot training on “Signs and Symptoms of Drug Abuse”. Experts from Norway and Sweden provided police officers from the MoI’s Uniform Police Directorate, Criminal Police Directorate and Directorate for Police Education and Science with techniques for detecting and identifying narcotic intoxication. These experiences were planned to be utilised in the development and implementation of a relevant training course in Serbia. The LED and the SPMU, in close co-operation with the MoI’s Cyber Crime Department, jointly implemented a Regional Cybercrime Training Project on IT Forensics and Network Investigations and Forensic Computer Skills (see also Chapter 2). To facilitate the training project, the LED donated 30 used computers to the MoI’s Cybercrime Department. The LED also sponsored an expert from the MoI Cybercrime Department to attend the “Octopus Interface 2010 Conference” organized by the Council of Europe. The conference focused on effective measures against the sexual exploitation and abuse of children on the internet, mapping networks against cyber crime, responsibilities of law enforcement high-tech crime units, and technical co-operation against cyber crime. 58