OSCE, Italian Embassy organize advanced anti-corruption training for law enforcement agencies in Kosovo

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 October 2018 – The 2018 OSCE Italian Chairmanship, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, and the Italian Embassy in Prishtinë/Priština today began an advanced anti-corruption training programme for law enforcement agencies in Kosovo.

The three-day training will be delivered by senior anti-corruption experts from Italy: the Head of the Guardia di Finanza Anti-Corruption Special Unit, Gaetano Luigi Cosimo Scazzeri; the Guardia di Finanza Expert on Anti- MoneyLaundering seconded to the Italian OSCE Chairmanship, Roberto Magni; and the Chief Prosecutor of the Italian Province of Asti, Alberto Perduca.

Officers of the Kosovo Police, the Police Inspectorate, the Anti-Corruption Agency, the Financial Intelligence Unit and judicial institutions will hear about Italy’s experience in fighting corruption, such as: preventive and repressive activities; tracking of financial flows in money laundering investigations; international legal tools for investigations into corruption cases; investigative techniques; and criminal asset recovery.

The Italian OSCE Chairmanship has identified anti-corruption as one of its key priorities.

On the second day of training course, a joint press conference will be organized, at which Italian Ambassador Piero Sardi, OSCE Mission Head Jan Braathu, Justice Minister Abelard Tahiri and Anti-Corruption Agency Director Shaip Havolli, and the Italian experts conducting the training programme, will address the journalists.

Media are cordially invited to cover the press conference tomorrow, Thursday, 18 October 2018, at the Italian Embassy in Prishtinë/Priština, starting at 16:00 hrs.