Training Seminar - Money Laundering Investigation

The first training seminar within the project “Improving the Institutional and Policy Response for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering in Bulgaria and Southeast Europe” took place April 24-26, 2013 in Borovetz. The project is implemented by RiskMonitor Foundation with the financial support of the Prevention of and Fight Against Crime Program of DG Home Affairs.

More than 85 officers from various institutions engaged in the fight against money laundering took part in the seminar: the National Revenue Agency, the Customs Agency, the State Agency for National Security, Directorate General Combating Organized Crime, the National Investigation Service, the Prosecution, and others. Speakers involved Mr. Enrique Martinez Moneo, from the Spanish Specialized Prosecution for Corruption and Organized Crime, and Mr. Lothar Lehnеrt, from the German Public Prosecutor's Office. Speakers and participants discussed a number of topics related to the investigation of money laundering in the pre-trial phase.

The participants also exchanged ideas and good practices in the investigation and prevention of money laundering.