The 7th annual event of the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) team

International Conference "Transparency of Beneficial Ownership"

Council of Europe’s International Conference addresses transparency of beneficial ownership and related issues of misuse of legal entities and arrangements.

Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law Christos Giakoumopoulos visits Tirana, Albania and attends the Council of Europe’s International Conference on “Transparency of Beneficial Ownership”

Workshop for Judges and Prosecutors: “Experiences, Challenges and Best Practices”

Action against Economic Crime: tools, impact and lessons learnt

Scoping mission to Turkmenistan

Scoping mission to Uzbekistan

Scoping mission to Tajikistan

Steering Committee meeting of the Action against Economic Crime in Albania

Council of Europe continues its support to the Central Election Commission in Albania

National Anticorruption Coordinator (NAC) presents the progress report on the implementation of the anti-corruption crosscutting strategy 2015-2020

Working Group Sessions on the development of an AR and AM Strategy

Strengthening the Standard Operating Procedures relating to financial investigations in Albania

Supporting the reform on political party finances and the oversight mechanism in Albania through peer exchange with French and Belgian authorities

Support to the Ad Hoc Committee on Electoral Reform: discussing effective mechanisms to prevent and sanctioning of vote-buying and electoral fraud and misuse of state resources

EU/CoE Action against Economic Crime provides Albania an e-system for online asset declaration

Training for Albanian supervisory authorities on AML

Strengthening Asset Recovery and Asset Management Practices in Albania through peer exchanges with colleagues from the Netherlands and Belgium

Staff of the Albanian High Inspectorate on Declaration and Audit of Assets and Conflict of Interest develops capacities on auditing asset declarations of elected persons and certain public officials

Second Follow up training on “Asset tracing and identification for purposes of seizure and confiscation in a criminal case”

Staff of the Albanian Central Election Commission, financial experts and auditors trained on using audit report template

Conference on “Electoral reform in Albania”

Streamlining the interagency cooperation and exchange of information in Albania

Roundtable discussion on Inter-institutional cooperation between supervisors in the AML/CFT field in Albania

Strengthening of supervision and enforcement of the financial sector by AML/CFT Supervisors in Albania

Update of the National AML/CFT Risk Assessment begins with support from the Action against Economic Crime

The Action against Economic Crime trains state authorities on conducting financial investigations

Training for Trainers on the Protection of Whistleblowers

4th Steering Committee meeting of the Action against economic crime

AML/CFT training for brokers and insurance compliance officers

Training of Trainers on protection of whistleblowers

Fifth Steering Committee of the Action against Economic Crime in Montenegro

AEC Montenegro supports the State Prosecutor’s Office and the State Audit Institution of Montenegro in signing a Protocol for Cooperation

Montenegro authorities begin the update of the National AML/CFT Risk Assessment

Second training for justice sector and law enforcement officials on asset tracing and identification

Montenegrin justice sector and law enforcement officials jointly consider processing of economic crime cases

Improving information sharing capacities of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption

Political subjects and oversight institutions discuss changes to financial reporting templates

Raising capacities of Agency for Prevention of Corruption to detect and prevent conflict of interests

Supervisory authorities trained on risk-based approach to supervision of financial and non-financial sectors

Montenegrin authorities develop strategic framework for prevention of terrorism, money laundering and terrorism financing with CoE support

Montenegrin police officers get acquainted with practices on handling whistleblowers

Promoting ethics and disciplinary accountability in police

Montenegrin prosecutors, judges and law enforcement agencies learn about asset tracing, identification and seizure

Supporting Montenegrin authorities in strengthening the Law on International Restrictive Measures

Peer exchange meetings on management of conflict of interest cases

Public event to mark the International Anti-corruption Day in Pristina : "Advocate the cultural change: the role of new generations for shaping the values of tomorrow"

Toolkit on Managing Conflict of Interest in Public Service

High level Conference in Kosovo* on compliance with anti-corruption and anti-money laundering standards

Plenary meetings and High level Conference on Kosovo's compliance with AC and AML/CFT standards

PECK II develops a Toolkit to support the implementation of the Law on Prevention of Conflict of Interest in Discharge of Public Functions

Study visit of Kosovo* authorities to Dutch FIU and Europol

Enhancing cooperation in AML/CFT area

Face-to-face meeting with Kosovo* authorities on Anti-Corruption and AML/CFT assessments

Support to drafting of Law on Targeted Financial Sanctions for Kosovo*

Fifth Steering Committee Meeting of the Joint EU/CoE Project against Economic Crime (PECK II)

Enhancing co-operation in the anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism area

On-site visit of the PECK II Assessment Team on AML/CFT measures

PECK II supports Ministry of Justice in drafting and finalizing the law on protection of whistleblowers

On-site visit of the Anti-Corruption Assessment Team to Pristina

Coordination meeting on assessment of compliance with international standards in the area of Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)

Working Group meeting on drafting the draft law on protection of whistleblowers in Pristina

PECK II Project holds regional roundtable on protection of whistleblowers

Public event to mark the International Whistleblower Day

Explanatory meeting on anti-corruption and anti-money laundering assessments for Kosovo* authorities

Anti-corruption practitioners from the Eastern Partnership explore internal controls for integrity and corruption prevention

Preliminary assessment of the independence and effectiveness of anti-corruption bodies in the Eastern Partnership region

Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing supervisory authorities in Eastern Partnership region receive risk-based approach guidance

Regional Workshop for Eastern Partnership to discuss Possible Avenues to Address Illicit Enrichment to Fight Corruption

Council of Europe discusses public procurement corruption risks and proposed reforms with Eastern Partnership countries

The 4th Steering Committee Meeting

Supervisory and reporting entities in Azerbaijan are trained on terrorism financing and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Preventing conflict of interest among members of parliament in Azerbaijan

Workshop on Risk Assessment Methodology and Sector-specific Guidelindes for Banking Sector

Training on “Processing and Adjudicating Money Laundering Cases”

Training on “Terrorism Financing: Concepts and Challenges”

Developing Risk Assessment Methodology and Sector-specific Guidelines in Azerbaijan

Training on Investigative Techniques in Money Laundering

Steering Committee Meeting of the Project on “Strengthening Anti-Money Laundering in Azerbaijan”

Georgia’s Draft AML/CFT National Risk Assessment Report to be discussed in an inter-agency roundtable

Georgian authorities trained about measures to prevent money laundering through misuse of legal entities and offshore centres

Georgian lawyers trained in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing compliance

Georgian practitioners discuss international standards and good practices for effective recovery of proceeds of crime

Georgian financial institutions discuss money laundering and terrorist financing risks associated with new payment methods, and solutions

Council of Europe and the European Union continue to build capacities of Georgian prosecutors and investigators to enforce corporate liability

Council of Europe and European Union enhance capacities of the Georgian law enforcement agencies and financial analysts to investigate and prosecute money laundering cases

Council of Europe and the European Union continue their support to build capacities of Georgian prosecutors and investigators to tackle economic crime

Georgian lawyers trained on compliance with Anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing standards

Council of Europe and European Union raise awareness of accountants and auditors in Georgia on anti-money laundering and combatting financing of terrorism compliance

Council of Europe and European Union support Georgia in aligning its AML/CFT legislation with international standards

EU/CoE Partnership for Good Governance Project “Strengthening the anti-money laundering institutions in Georgia” holds its 2nd Steering Committee Meeting

Council of Europe delivers training of trainers on digital evidence in Ukraine

Council of Europe supports the National School of Judges of Ukraine in developing trainers’ competence to deliver judicial training on anti-money laundering

Council of Europe and National School of Judges of Ukraine deliver training of trainers on adjudication of corruption offences involving covert investigative operations

Council of Europe delivers judicial training on covert investigative operations in Ukraine

Council of Europe delivers judicial training on digital evidence in Ukraine

Ukrainian judges trained in anti-money laundering

Review of legislation regulating procurement at the regional and municipal levels in the Russian Federation

2nd Workshop on potential models of confidential (anonymous) mechanism of reporting corruption by entrepreneurs in the Russian Federation

Training on risk-based approach to inspections at the regional and municipal levels

Workshops on corruption risks in public service and regulation of the conflict of interest took place in Pyatigorsk

Training on good governance practices and measures to prevent corruption in procurement process at municipal level in the Russian Federation

Corruption practices affecting the procurement process at the municipal level in the Russian Federation

Potential models of reporting corruption by entrepreneurs in the Russian Federation discussed

4th Project Steering Committee Meeting

Legislation regulating inspections system and recommendations to make it more effective discussed during a workshop in Moscow

Legislative norms regulating procurement at regional and municipal levels in the Russian Federation reviewed during a regional workshop

Impact of inspections and typologies of corruption affecting entrepreneurs at the regional and municipal levels in the Russia discussed in two workshops

Typologies of corruption and inspections affecting entrepreneurs at the municipal level in the Russian Federation

Corruption risks in the provision of public services and in the procurement process

Workshop on “Conflict of interest legislation in the Russian Federation and its alignment with CoE and other international standards”

Typologies of corruption affecting entrepreneurs and impact of inspections on businesses at the municipal level discussed in Novorossiysk

Capacity building on financial forensics for the Moroccan police

Training on Private Sector Compliance takes place in Jordan

SNAC 3 Project provides support to enhance the Jordanian asset declaration system

Capacity building on financial forensics for the Moroccan police

SNAC III - Programme Launching event

Capacity building for Tunisian corruption and fraud investigators on investigative techniques

The Joint Council of Europe and European Union Project to Strengthen Prevention and Combatting of Corruption in the Kyrgyz Republic (SPCC KY) was completed on 29 July 2018

Training provided to improve the coordination and oversight of anti-corruption investigations

Assistance provided to Kyrgyz authorities in developing the anti-corruption communication strategy

Assistance provided to Kyrgyz authorities to improve the coordination and oversight of anti-corruption investigations

Training on ethics and conflict of interest rules for Kyrgyz judges

Training of Trainers on ethics and conflict of interest rules for Kyrgyz authorities

Assistance provided to Kyrgyz authorities in developing the anti-corruption communication strategy