Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro visits Forensic Centre and Police Academy in Danilovgrad

Digital forensics in Montenegro was in its infancy two years ago and has been developed under the mentorship of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, said Aleksandar Ivanović, the Director of the Police Directorate’s Forensic Centre during his meeting with Dominique Waag, Head of the Mission on 11 March 2022.

During her visit in Danilovgrad, Ambassador Waag handed over to the Director Ivanović a high-capacity external storage unit, as part of the Mission’s support to the fight against serious and organised crime.

Ambassador Waag noted that a significant part of the Mission’s work is related to security co-operation and praised the Forensic Centre for the results it has achieved.  “The volume of cases examined and analysed exceeded the Centre’s capacity to store files. This donation of high-capacity external storage should alleviate the situation and enhance the Forensic Centre capacities to fight serious and organised crime,” said Waag.

Sandra Kovačević, Deputy Director of the Forensic Centre, said that they are grateful for everything the Mission has done for the Forensic Centre and its Digital unit. “Digital forensic in Montenegro exists thanks to OSCE. All the equipment you have provided is what we work with.” said Kovačević.

The Mission will again support the renewal in 2022 of the forensic software licenses, which are crucial to the Center’s work.

After the meeting in the Forensic Centre, Waag visited the Police Academy and met with Jelena Tomić, Head of the Department for International Co-operation and Public Relations. Ambassador Waag expressed an interest in the Mission renewing its co-operation with the Police Academy.