On 13 April 2018, the Academy of Justice in cooperation with EULEX organized a training on: "Capacity building for criminal investigation against corruption with criminal justice partners in the Mitrovica region".
The purpose of this training was to advance participants' knowledge of effective criminal investigation techniques in corruption cases and corruption-related cases.
During this training session were addressed the local laws, the CPC, the Law on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters, the Law on Anti-Corruption Agency and mutual legal assistance. Particular emphasis was paid to the process of international cooperation through which States seek and assist in gathering evidence to use them in the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases.
During the training special attention was paid to the principles of mutual legal assistance such as reciprocity, bilateral agreements, multilateral agreements, strengthening the effectiveness of central authority, staff exchanges between central authorities of different jurisdictions, and the efficiency of direct personal contacts between states who require and those who receive legal assistance.
Within this training session was also addressed the cooperation regarding the confiscation, execution of the civil confiscation and the allocation of assets.
Beneficiaries of this training were: prosecutors from the basic instances, representatives of Kosovo Customs, representatives from the Anti-Corruption Agency, representatives from the Kosovo Police, representatives from the Agency for Seized Property, representatives from the Financial Intelligence Unit, representatives from the Police Inspectorate, from TAK and representatives from the Municipality - the cadastral office from Mitrovica region.
13-04-2018