From 14 to 19 March 2011, experts of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) in cooperation with the Council of Europe (CoE) carried out an interactive financial investigations/asset recovery training programme in Pogradec, Albania.

The aim of the programme was to support the School of Magistrates (SoM) and the Police Formation Center (PFC) of Albania to analyze, investigate and prosecute bribery and money laundering cases. 20 participants, including investigators, prosecutors and judges, attended the training.

The core component of the training programme consisted of a practical exercise where the participants had to investigate a simulated corruption case involving both money laundering and asset recovery elements. In order to be able to complete the exercise participants had to follow different leads and collect relevant pieces of information and/or evidence.

All formal lectures given during the training programme served as a basis for the practical exercise, e.g. the participants were taught how to create and maintain an inventory for keeping track of and easily retrieve the documents that they receive during the investigation process. 10 participants have been selected and will be trained to in turn become trainers...

Basel Institute on Governance             22/03/2011