Croatia: ICITAP Partners with FBI to Initiate Fourth Iteration of Financial Forensics Training

On July 4, ICITAP-Croatia started its fourth one week-long “Financial Forensics” training as a part of the Partnership for Education regional law enforcement training program in 2022. The training is taking place in Osijek, Croatia gathering 14 police officers and prosecutors from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Through the combination of presentations, exercises and forums, training will try to offer additional skills and tools to successfully conduct financial forensics connected to organized crime and corruption investigations. Furthermore, the training aims to improve the ability of law enforcement in the Balkans to better process high volumes of financial documents through effective and efficient analysis ending in gathering sufficient admissible evidence for successful trials. The training is being delivered by the Croatian Police, Croatian State Attorney’s Office, Croatian Anti-Money Laundering Office, Croatian Tax Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.