19.05.2025 - Training activity: “The investigation of the criminal offense of money laundering and its complexity.”

The School of Magistrates in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, and in cooperation with the Academy of Justice of Kosova, on 19 May, 2025 had the training activity on topic: “The investigation of the criminal offense of money laundering and its complexity. The level of proofing before the court regarding the origin of property. The value of the act of accountability expertise and the care that should be done in the assigning of the duties of the expert.”

This activity was conducted by:  

Experts: : Admir Shala – prosecutor in the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo; Nertina Kosova – judge in the Special Court of Appeal for Corruption and Organized Crime, Tiranë; Henrik Ligori – lecturer in the School of Magistrates. 

Facilitator: Mediana Meta – prosecutor in Prosecution at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction, Durrës

The training was welcomed by the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Mr. Michel Tarran and the Director of the School of Magistrates, Mr. Arben Rakipi.

The purpose of this training is:  

To increase capacities of judges and of prosecutors in the prosecution and trial of the criminal offense of money laundering, underlining the complexity that this offense represents in practice. Training intends to explain the necessary level of evidencing regarding the origin of property to the court, as well as to underline the importance and the decisive role of accountant act of expertise. A special focus will be paid to the care that should be demonstrated in the formulation of assignments for the expert, to provide quality, objectiveness and evidenced value of the expertise act in the criminal process. 

The training was realized by combining presentations (up to 20 - 30 min) with the discussion of issues brought for discussion (self-study questions, questions, answers) and case law exercises & quizzes to encourage and realize the active interaction of participants.  

In this training activity were elaborated different topics, such as: 

• The investigation of the money laundering crime. Law and experience of the Special Prosecution of the Republic of  Kosova. 
• The cleaning of products of crime. Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania and the international normative framework. 
• Importance and methodology of financial expertise in the investigation of the crime of the products of crime. 

In this training activity participated judges and prosecutors of the Republic of Albania and of the Republic of  Kosovo.