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Facilitating regional cooperation in combating organised crime
Belgrade,
18 July 2005
Serbian Minister of Justice Zoran Stojkovic, US Ambassador to Serbia-Montenegro Michael Polt, and Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia-Montenegro Douglas Wake signed today agreements on financing and support to the Secretariat of the South East Europe Prosecutor Advisory Group (SEEPAG), which aims to facilitate co-operation between regional prosecutors in combating organised crime.
From left: Michael Polt, Douglas Wake and Zoran Stojkovic
Author:
Tanjug
The Secretariat will be headquartered at Belgrade’s Federation Palace and it will facilitate mutual legal assistance between regional countries as well as the assistance in the investigation and prosecution of trans-border crime and human trafficking.
The 13-member Secretariat will have an advisory role and will have the facilities to hold video-conferences. Serbia-Montenegro’s Djordje Mancic will head up the office.
Stojkovic said the signing of the Agreement is proof of trust in Serbia-Montenegro and the Serbian government and their readiness to combat organised crime. It also shows that the country has enough resources to create a communication centre for all 12 prosecutors from the region.
Ambassador Polt said that the creation of this secretariat is a signal from Serbia-Montenegro that it is ready to cooperate with regional countries and he welcomed the willingness of other countries to cooperate.
The members of SEEPAG are representatives of the prosecutors’ offices of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia-Montenegro, Turkey, and Croatia. SEEPAG was formed in December 2003 at the initiative of Serbia-Montenegro.
The 13-member Secretariat will have an advisory role and will have the facilities to hold video-conferences. Serbia-Montenegro’s Djordje Mancic will head up the office.
Stojkovic said the signing of the Agreement is proof of trust in Serbia-Montenegro and the Serbian government and their readiness to combat organised crime. It also shows that the country has enough resources to create a communication centre for all 12 prosecutors from the region.
Ambassador Polt said that the creation of this secretariat is a signal from Serbia-Montenegro that it is ready to cooperate with regional countries and he welcomed the willingness of other countries to cooperate.
The members of SEEPAG are representatives of the prosecutors’ offices of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia-Montenegro, Turkey, and Croatia. SEEPAG was formed in December 2003 at the initiative of Serbia-Montenegro.
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