OSCE Mission to Montenegro donates forensic equipment to the Police Directorate

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro donated forensic equipment valued at €51,982 to the country's Forensic Centre and the Cyber Crime Unit within the Police Directorate on 3 July 2020.

Maryse Daviet, Head of the OSCE Mission and Veselin Veljović, Director of the Police Directorate, signed a donation agreement electronically, due to the ongoing restrictive circumstances caused by COVID-19.

This donation is part of the Mission's ongoing support to strengthen the Forensic Centre and the Cyber Crime Unit to conduct investigations into cyber and organized crime.

The signing of the agreement is a confirmation of the continuous co-operation between the OSCE Mission and the Police Directorate. In 2018 and 2019, the Mission donated a forensic equipment worth a total of €86,000.

The OSCE has supported the Forensic Centre since its inception in 2008, both in terms of providing equipment and professional training and mentoring to its scientists.