A mission in Serbia to support the strengthening of integrated border management and prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing cross-border risks was organised on 19 April 2023 in Belgrade. The Council of Europe held extensive consultation meetings with the Serbian authorities, namely: Customs Administration, Border Police and Administration for Prevention of Money Laundering in order to outline challenges and review the application of relevant measures related to money laundering and terrorism financing. 

Based on the findings from the mission, the project will develop draft guidance on procedures for targeted, risk-based border controls. The guidance aims to provide practical advice to the Customs Administration and Border Police on how to improve their procedures to effectively target high-risk shipments and travellers. Additionally, the project will also develop training materials for the Training of Trainers (ToT) to equip border control and customs officers with the skills to effectively detect and prevent money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation. Finally, the project will update AML/CFT and proliferation risk indicators used by the Customs Administration and Border Police. 
The guidance and the training materials to be developed at later stage, will  provide valuable tools to help border control officers effectively target and address risks related to money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation.

The Project “Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Serbia” is funded by Sweden, represented by the Swedish International Development Agency and implemented by the Council of Europe.