On 4 December 2024, the ICCM project held a workshop in Ankara on “Sharing of good practices in international cooperation in criminal matters” with the participation of 60 representatives from the Ministry of Justice Directorate General for Foreign Relations and EU Affairs (DGFREU), judges and prosecutors.

The workshop aimed to facilitate discussions among the participants regarding international judicial cooperation to combat criminal activities, transnational crimes, money laundering, and the countering of financing of terrorism. 

Head of International Cooperation Unit of the Spanish General Public Prosecutor’s Office, the French liaison magistrate in Türkiye, Council of Europe experts from the UK, as well as experts from the Turkish Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), academics, and representatives of the Ministry of Justice discussed emerging trends in transnational crimes, money laundering, and financing of terrorism with participants. The challenges in international judicial cooperation in combating these crimes, like difficulties in evidence collection, extradition and enforcement, were also addressed. 

Success stories in developing joint cases on money laundering and financing of terrorism were shared during the workshop.

The project "Improving International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters in Türkiye" is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe”.

Türkiye is a state party to relevant Council of Europe standards on mutual assistance in criminal matters (1969), extradition (1960) and their additional protocols, transfer of sentenced persons, seizure and confiscation of proceeds of crime and other.