• From 1-5 September, the Mission organized a study visit to Cyprus for eight members of the core group. Serbian and Cypriot investigators exchanged professional knowledge on economic crime and corruption, with particular focus on the Cypriot banking sector, which is attractive for international criminal enterprises. • From 16-17 September, the Mission organized a three-day seminar on legal aspects of fighting corruption for the core group. Senior police officers and prosecutors, as well as representatives of the Anti-Corruption Agency, ensured that participants deepened their knowledge of the requirements in the new Criminal Procedure Code regarding the detection and prosecution of criminal offences of corruption. • From 7-9 October, the Mission organized a three-day seminar that contributed to enhancing inter-agency co-operation between police and other state institutions in obtaining information through the use of open databases of state institutions. The seminar also targeted the core group, which had the opportunity to learn from AntiCorruption Council, the Serbian Business Registers Agency, Serbian Central Security Depository and Clearing House, the National Bank of Serbia, the Tax Administration, the Anti-Money Laundering Administration, the Belgrade Stock Exchange and the Agency for Privatisation and Customs. • From 28-30 October, the Mission organized a three-day course for the core group. Participants learned about resolving obstacles in collecting evidence while working on case studies, reporting on money laundering, collecting financial intelligence and suspicious transaction reports. • On 14 November, the Mission organized an annual evaluation of the activities implemented in 2014 for the core group to discuss progress made and plans for the next year. • From 2-4 December, the Mission organized a seminar on international police co-operation in investigation of corruption cases for the core group. The International Operational Police Cooperation Department of the Serbian police presented to the core group on how to make use of the support services offered by INTERPOL, Europol and the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC). Additionally, four liaison officers posted in Belgrade explained to the group their roles and responsibilities regarding international police co-operation. From 24-27 March, the Mission organized a study visit for the representatives of the MoI's criminal police dealing with corruption cases to visit their counterparts in the MoI of Croatia. The purpose of this activity was to learn about Croatia’s experience and lessons learned during their eight-year EU accession process, especially in relation to the EU requirements on anti-corruption. The visit also contributed to improving the implementation of the Serbian National Anti-Corruption Action Plan, which foresees, inter alia, the improvement of regional co-operation. Furthermore, meetings with relevant counterparts within the Croatian police covered the topics of legislative solutions in defining the criminal offences of corruption; organizational structure of the specialized units for disclosure and suppression of criminal offences of corruption; and money laundering and financial investigations. From 30 June to 2 July, the Mission, together with the Embassy of the Republic of France in Belgrade, organized a three-day workshop on investigating high-level corruption and financial crime-related cases. The event aimed at enhancing the capacities of the representative of the Serbian judiciary, law enforcement and public institutions to investigate corruption cases which involve public procurement violations, political party financing, and asset declarations of public officials. This activity is part of the Mission’s wider efforts to assist Serbian institutions in preventing, detecting and fighting corruption. 103