Training Seminar: Organized crime and Money Laundering

The fourth training seminar within the project "Improving the Institutional and Policy Response for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering in Bulgaria and Southeast Europe" was held December 19-21, 2013 in Sofia. The seminar "Organized crime and Money Laundering" gathered representatives of the Specialized Appellate Prosecutor's Office and the Specialized Prosecutor's Office, two of the institutions engaged in the fight against money laundering in Bulgaria.

The lecturers who took part in the event include Ms. Vania Grueva, Specialized Appellate Prosecutor's Office, Mr. Maxim Kolev (Supreme Office of Cassation), Mr. Miroslav Marinov and Mr. Emil Kandev (SANS). Lecturers presented the following topics: financial investigations in countering organized crime, practical cases of following the financial flows of organized crime groups, money laundering and the related predicate crimes, and cases of money laundering through tax fraud.