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As a follow-up of the Workshop on the Joint Operational Office (JOO) which took place in August 2022, EUROL 3 organized a study visit of Montenegrin police officers to JOO Vienna which took place from 29 November to 2 December 2022. The workshop in Vienna was focusing on the topics of migrant smuggling, control and

In November 2022, EUROL 3 provided the Montenegrin authorities with the Assessment of the Alignment of the Draft Strategy for Countering Transnational Organized Crime 2022-2025 and the Action Plan 2022-2023 with the EU Strategic Framework in his field (with recommendations for amendments of the Draft Strategy and the Action Plan). For this purpose, EUROL 3

EUROL 3 organized and delivered in close cooperation with the Judicial Training Centre (JTC) a two-day Training on “methodology and skills for drafting rogatory letters”, which was the last module of the Training Programme on International Judicial Cooperation developed within EUROL 2. The Training was held on 8 – 9 November 2022 in Podgorica, gathering

The Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office (SSPO) developed with the support of EUROL 3 expert Ana Garačić, Draft Guidelines for state prosecutors for the use of Plea Bargain Agreements. Ms. Garačić worked intensively and in close cooperation with a local expert engaged by the SSPO, between October and December 2022 on these draft guidelines. They conducted

EUROL 3 contracted the international expert for financial investigations Mr. Marco Letizi, Financial Investigation Expert and former Lieutenant Colonel at Guardia di Finanza, Milano, with the purpose to support financial investigations of the Special State Prosecutor’s Office (SSPO) and the Special Police Department (SPD). During his three-month mission (October – December 2022), Mr. Letizi was

EUROL 3 contracted Mr. Dinko Cvitan, a Croatian expert in organizational and coordination issues in the fight against organized crime and corruption and former Head of USKOK, whose mission in Montenegro lasted from October 2022 to February 2023. During the mission, the expert was operating from the office of the Special State Prosecutor’s Office (SSPO)

EUROL 3 supported the preparation of the conclusion of a Working Arrangement on the cooperation between the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro (SSPO) and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). Representatives of the SSPO and the Ministry of Justice worked closely on the review of the first draft. This was followed by a number

EUROL 3 provided the Police Directorate of Montenegro with a Roadmap for the Establishment of the SIRENE Office in Montenegro, developed by the Austrian experts Mr. Roman Gfrerer and Ms. Jacqueline Lamböck. Mr. Gferer, Head of the Administrative Department within SIRENE Austria and Ms. Lamböck, Police officer in this Department, visited the Police Directorate of

EUROL 3 organized a Workshop on the Joint Operational Office (JOO) on 30 and 31 August 2022. The workshop took place in the premises of the Police Directorate in Podgorica and gathered representatives of the Interpol – Europol, the Department for Fight against Organized Crime, the CID – International Cooperation, and the Border Police. For

EUROL 3 is supporting the Montenegrin Ministry of Justice in the process of rationalization of the court network. For this purpose, EUROL 3 contracted the international expert Georg Stawa from the Austrian Ministry of Justice, who was tasked with updating the Analysis of the needs for the rationalization of the court network (developed in 2020).