OSCE Mission organizes course at Belgrade University on organized crime threat
BELGRADE, 26 November 2008 - Thirty-five students from Belgrade University's Law Faculty completed a specialized course on organized crime threats, existing legislation and future policy challenges today.
The four-week course in Belgrade was organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Law Faculty.
"The future belongs to the young generation, and to the students here who will soon become legal professionals," said Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission. "In the coming years many of you students will face the legal challenges presented by organized crime and will need to be able to combat it effectively. It is very important that future legal professionals are fully aware of organized crime being one of the greatest threats to the democratic development and stability of society, and that it is a cross-border phenomenon."
Liljana Radulovic, the Deputy Dean of the Law Faculty, said the course offered students proper legal education in the field. "These students will be responsible for creating and implementing legal norms tomorrow, and this course has been extremely valuable and a new element in educating them," she said.
The lectures were held by Serbian professors, judges, prosecutors, lawyers and police officers dealing with organized crime, and experts from the OSCE Mission and other international agencies.