Financial investigations as a tool to fight organized crime and corruption

The project is being implemented to strengthen the capacity of public prosecutors, judges and police officers from Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct financial investigations into corruption and organized crime cases. The second goal is to strengthen cooperation and coordination among institutions that have responsibilities in this area, both within countries and within the region.

The three components of the project are - examination of the existing legal framework and practice in conducting financial investigations in the three observed countries; organizing training and capacity building programs for public prosecutors, judges and police officers from three countries; improving cooperation in conducting financial investigations with a special focus on the exchange of experiences among members of the institutions involved in this process.

As for Serbia and Montenegro, these activities will be carried out in the context of EU accession negotiations, ie Chapters 23 and 24 of European integration.

The project is implemented in partnership by the Center for Monitoring and Research from Podgorica, Transparency Serbia from Belgrade and the Association for Democratic Initiatives from Sarajevo. The project is implemented from 15.4.2017. until April 14, 2018, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.