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Training on “English Legal and Administrative Terminology Relating to International Asset Recovery”
Over 35 representatives of CIAF and other agencies involved in the Asset Recovery attended a two day training event on “English Legal and Administrative Terminology Relating to International Asset Recovery” which took place on 29-30 November 2016 in Sofia. The training was based on a handbook...
Training on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights
Over 70 representatives of the Commission for Illegal Asset Forfeiture, Ministry of Justice, judges and prosecutors, attended two training events on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on Confiscations and Asset Recovery. The two trainings took place in Sofia on 17 October 2016 and...
Training on “Financial investigations, identification and confiscation of assets in offshore accounts”
A two-day national training event titled “Financial investigations, identification and confiscation of assets in offshore accounts” was organised by the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Bulgarian Commission for Illegal Asset Forfeiture (CIAF) and the European Economic Area (EEA) and...
Workshop on “International and regional cooperation in asset recovery cases”
In cooperation with the Bulgarian Commission for Illegal Asset Forfeiture (CIAF) and the European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway Grants, the Council of Europe organised an international workshop titled “International and regional cooperation in asset recovery cases” in Sofia, Bulgaria on 19...
Workshop on “International standards and implementation of asset recovery legislation”
A workshop to discuss the international standards and the implementation of asset recovery legislation, including good practice examples from the United Kingdom was organized within the project on Asset Recovery in Bulgaria. Some thirty participants contributed to the two day event in which they...
Presentation of the results of the “Assessment of the Asset Recovery institutional and legal framework in Bulgaria”
Over thirty representatives of various institutions in Bulgaria including the Commission for Illegal Asset Forfeiture, the Ministry of Interior, the State Agency for National Security, the Supreme prosecutor’s office etc. participated in the workshop focusing on the presentation and discussion of...
Workshop on identification of barriers to effective asset recovery in Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria, 10 December 2014)
The first activity of the Project took place on 10 December 2014 in the form of a brainstorming workshop aimed at identifying barriers to effective asset recovery in Bulgaria. Bulgarian authorities were represented by a wide range of agencies, including the Commission for Illegal Assets...