April 23 2019, Academy of Justice within its Initial Training Program for the newly appointed judges (generation VII) organized a visit at the Kosovo Customs.
Purpose of this visit was to closely be informed about the legal infrastructure, the work, activities and problems that this institution faces.
This visit included a brief overview of the Kosovo Customs history, development process, its role and mission, applicable legislation upon which it carries out its competencies, organizational structure and cooperation with other rule of law institutions.
Furthermore, it was discussed about practical issues in the criminal law system in the customs area, comparison of respective articles of the Criminal Code and the Customs Code that regulate this field, where are the main challenges that Kosovo Customs faces in this light. Also, the visit included discussion about the adequate ways of cooperation in the efforts to successfully fight and punish negative occurrences of this nature.
Conclusion part of the visit presented problems and challenges that Kosovo customs faces, particularly problems in fighting the smuggling, narcotics penetration, implementation and operationalization of the Stability Association Agreement and the CEFTA agreements, the forecast on how the customs system will function in the future after Kosovo joining the European Union and removal of the customs barriers, that currently presents approximately 70% of the countries budget filled by the Customs Revenues.
The entire training was conducted in form of interactive discussions of participants and the trainers.
Beneficiaries of this training were the newly appointed judges (generation VII) 2019-2020.
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