24. 5. 2018 | Macedonia - corruption, Macedonia - Finance, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
At the margins of high-level inter-sectorial workshop dedicated to financial investigations, on 18 May 2018 the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia Oliver Spasovski received the following Slovenian delegation: Mr Darko Majhenič, the Director of National Bureau of Investigation, Mr Harij Furlan, Head of the Group of state prosecutors for the prosecution of organized crime at the Office of the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia, and Ms Andreja Dolničar Jeraj, Programme Director at the Centre for European Perspective who lead the delegation. The Head of Sector for IPA and Community Programmes Mr Sasko Kocev and Advisor to the Minister Mr Veton Kranlievski also joined the meeting.
They discussed outcomes of the workshop and experiences of Slovenia with changes made to the legislation and implementation of financial investigations. Since the Ministry of Interior leads the project on Macedonian side, it was suggested Minister Spasovski would host autumn inter-sectorial meeting and consider future activities for cooperation in the next programming period.
Project is part of CEP’s program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.
21. 5. 2018 | Macedonia - corruption, Macedonia - Finance, PR
“Teamwork in financial investigations and upgraded possibilities to seize property and assets of criminals is improving effectiveness of law enforcement in fight against organised and other crime,” was an emphasis of participants of high-level inter-sectorial workshop which was successfully implemented from 14 to 18 May 2018 in the Republic of Macedonia in the framework of the development assistance of the Republic of Slovenia to the Republic of Macedonia. The participation involved Public Prosecution, Financial Police Administration, Financial Intelligence Office, Public Revenue Office, Customs Administration and the Ministry of Interior, the lead partner on Macedonian side. The programme of the workshop was very concrete and directed at improved inter-sectorial cooperation by discussing various cases and approaches to the subject area. It was noted by Slovenian and well as Macedonian representatives, it was valuable to have such opportunity to exchange experiences with each other.
The workshop is part of a two-year project “Support to Macedonia in accession to the EU in the Chapter 24 – financial investigations” (2017 – 2018) as part of the program activities implemented in the cooperation with the State Prosecution Office for Organised Crime and Corruption and Ministry of Interior/ Police of the Republic of Slovenia and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.
Project is part of CEP’s program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.
9. 5. 2018 | Macedonia - corruption, Macedonia - Finance, PR
After we successfully involved the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Macedonia in Slovenia’s Development Cooperation with the Republic of Macedonia, an intersectoral workshop will take place in Bitola on 15 – 17 May 2018. The aim of the workshop is to improve interinstitutional cooperation in the implementation of financial investigations, directed at investigation, confiscation and seizure of the proceeds from crime and property of illegal origin.
The area of financial investigations is of utmost importance in the fight against organized crime and corruption since the seizures of the proceeds from crime and property of illegal origin prevent the criminal organizations from access to finances for their existence and operations. The workshop is part of a two-year project “Support to Macedonia in accession to the EU in the Chapter 24 – financial investigations” (2017 – 2018).
Project is part of CEP’s program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.
16. 4. 2018 | PR, Serbia - Information exchange
In the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation with the Republic of Serbia a field analysis of the operation of the system of operational data exchange related to illegal migration took place on 11 – 14 April 2018. Representatives of the police from Serbia and Slovenia analysed the exchange of data in various organizational units of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia on the local, regional and state level of the boarder, general and criminal police and operational centre. Their conclusions will serve for the preparation and execution of a three-day workshop that will aim to draft a proposal for the data exchange system optimization, which will fulfil the EU membership standards.
Field analysis was executed in cooperation with the organizational units of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia, including Border Police Station Preševo, Border Police Station Rujan, Regional Centre for the Border with Macedonia, Police Directorate Vranje and its organizational units, Border Police Station Vrška Čuka, Border Police Station Zaječar and its organizational units, Police Directorate Bor, Commanding Operations Centre at Police Administration Belgraade, Border Police Station Batrovci, Border Police Station Srem, Border Police Station Šid, Regional Centre for the Border with Croatia and the General Police Directorate (Sector for Analytics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Department for Electronic Services, Operations Centre, Border Police Directorate and Criminal Police Directorate – Office for Fight Against Organized Crime and Corruption).
Inclusive and interactive nature of the field analysis brought good results, which is why an effective, hands-on and resourceful follow-up workshop can be expected on 18-21 June 2018.
Field analysis is part of CEP’s program activities conducted in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.
8. 4. 2018 | PR, Serbia - Information exchange
In the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation with the Republic of Serbia a field analysis of the operation of the system of operational data exchange related to illegal migration will take place on 11 – 14 April 2018 in various organizational units of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia. Beside the organizational units of the General Police Directorate, the field analysis will also involve organizational units of Police Department of Vranje, Zaječar, Bor, Belgrade and Sremska Mitrovica.
The conclusions of the analysis will serve for the preparation and execution of a three-day workshop for defining and implementing more efficient information flow, which will take place in June 2018.
Field analysis is part of CEP’s program activities conducted in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.
3. 4. 2018 | Macedonia - Finance, PR
In the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation with the Republic of Macedonia and the project “Support to Macedonia in accession to the EU in the Chapter 24 – financial investigations” a meeting with the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Macedonia Mr Ljubomir Joveski will take place on 5-6 April 2018 in Macedonia.
Mr Drago Šketa, the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr Harij Furlan, Head of the Group of state prosecutors for the prosecution of organized crime at the Office of the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia, and Ms Andreja Dolničar Jeraj, Programme Director at the Centre for European Perspective will attend the meeting. The talks will focus on the needs assessment of the Macedonian state prosecution office in the field of EU accession and Chapter 24 – financial investigations and active involvement of the Macedonian state prosecution office in the Slovenia’s Development Cooperation programmes.
Project is part of CEP program activities financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.
