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Southeast Europe prosecutors agree on co-operation at OSCE Mission meeting in Belgrade
BELGRADE 15 December 2004
BELGRADE, 15 December 2004 - Prosecutors and justice officials from 13 countries of south-east Europe signed today at an OSCE Mission-organized meeting in Belgrade documents on co-operation to combat transborder crime.
The ceremony took place at the fourth meeting of the Southeast Europe Prosecutors Advisory Group (SEEPAG) that started yesterday.
The two-day meeting, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and US Department of Justice, and funded by the UK and US Governments and Southeast European initiatives Center for combating transborder crime, was also attended by representatives of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, the European Commission, the European Judicial Network and the EUROJUST.
Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Serbian Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, British Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, David Gowan, and the Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy to Serbia and Montenegro, Roderick Moore were present at the signing ceremony.
SEEPAG was formed in December 2003 in order to facilitate co-operation between prosecutors in south-eastern Europe on issues relating to the investigation and prosecution of serious transborder crime.
It supports the implementation of the London Statement on Defeating Organized Crime in South East Europe and the Thessaloniki Agenda for the Western Balkans.
The ceremony took place at the fourth meeting of the Southeast Europe Prosecutors Advisory Group (SEEPAG) that started yesterday.
The two-day meeting, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and US Department of Justice, and funded by the UK and US Governments and Southeast European initiatives Center for combating transborder crime, was also attended by representatives of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, the European Commission, the European Judicial Network and the EUROJUST.
Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Serbian Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, British Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, David Gowan, and the Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy to Serbia and Montenegro, Roderick Moore were present at the signing ceremony.
SEEPAG was formed in December 2003 in order to facilitate co-operation between prosecutors in south-eastern Europe on issues relating to the investigation and prosecution of serious transborder crime.
It supports the implementation of the London Statement on Defeating Organized Crime in South East Europe and the Thessaloniki Agenda for the Western Balkans.