The Steering Committee of the Action against Economic Crime in Montenegro, co-chaired by representatives of the Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Cooperation Division and Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro, met for its first meeting on 21 April 2023 in Podgorica.
The meeting gathered the senior officials representing corruption and money laundering prevention and law enforcement bodies in Montenegro who reaffirmed their commitment to the Action’s objectives relating to enhancing the effectiveness of the fight against corruption and money laundering.   

The Steering Committee discussed and approved the workplan and the calendar of activities of the Action for the upcoming period, reiterating the importance of the support aimed at the implementation of the GRECO and MONEYVAL recommendations.  

Among the Action’s priorities agreed by the Steering Committee for the forthcoming period are the need assessment for the strategic anti-corruption framework, capacity raising for the police and prosecutors in conducting financial investigations for virtual assets, and capacity- building activities for the Agency for Prevention of Corruption for in-depth verification of income and asset declarations. 

The activity was organized by the Action against Economic Crime in Montenegro, within the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe joint Programme Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye (Horizontal Facility III), co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.