A training for trainers of the judiciary and police on processing money laundering cases took place in Kotor, Montenegro on 13-14 October 2022.

The three-module training programme for judges, prosecutors, and police on prosecuting and adjudicating cases of money laundering, was developed in line with the international standards and practices of Netherlands and Italy, and was successfully piloted in 2020-2021 and adopted by the Programme Council of the Judicial Training Centre of Montenegro, as an integral part of the training curricula for the judiciary. To ensure the sustainability of this programme, in cooperation with the Judicial Training Centre, the training for trainers that took place in October 2022 gathered 5 judges, 4 prosecutors and 2 representatives of police who are now versed as a result of this activity in delivering efficiently the training programme to their peers.

The most important topics covered during the training were: the elements of the criminal offence of money laundering, formal and informal international cooperation in money laundering cases, the justification and application of special investigative techniques and the use of circumstantial evidence to prove the link to criminal activity. Considering that participants were highly experienced professionals, the training particularly emphasized the practice of the European Court of Human Rights in this area and included extensive discussion of practical examples based on real-life cases.

This training was organised within the framework of the EU/Council of Europe Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey Phase II – Action against Economic Crime in Montenegro (AEC-MNE).