MEETING BETWEEN ACTING CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND INTERNATIONAL EU IPA PROJECT EXPERTS

The main topic at the meeting was about activities within the Twinning Project ‘Anti-Money Laundering Support’, the beneficiary of which is Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Acting Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić and Head of Economic Crime Section Ismet Šuškić, together with other prosecutors from the Section and from the Anti-Terrorism Section, met with international experts from Slovenia, who have been involved in providing assistance in the implementation of the IPA 2013 Twinning Project ‘Anti-Money Laundering Support’, which has been implemented by the EU.

There was a discussion about prosecution capacities, methods of work and the presentation of practices regarding the existing system of investigative work in the field of anti-money laundering, predicate offences and financing of terrorist activities with a particular emphasis on the amount and type of funds and on tracking the proceeds of crime.

There was also a discussion about the exchange of practical experiences, provision of assistance in harmonising BiH legal framework in these areas to the level required for accession to the EU, with the aim of improving standards in investigative procedures and specialised trainings of prosecutors in these areas, cooperation and coordination between institutions and agencies that will facilitate the work of Prosecutor’s Offices as judicial institutions.