Training on financial investigations and the use of the tools of intelligence by open source

In the context of the continuous cooperation between the School of Magistrates and the Council of Europe (CoE), on 17 – 18 November 2022, was organized the activity on topic: 

“Financial investigations and the use of the tools of intelligence by open source.”

This training was organized in the context of CoE Project, “Action against the Economic Crime in Albania” having objectives as follows: 

• Improvement of legal and institutional framework for the prevention of corruption; 
• Consolidation of practices of asset recovery and management;
• Improvement of mechanisms to prevent and fight money laundering and financing of terrorism;
• Promotion of inter-institutional cooperation between agencies in the fight against economic crime, etc.

In this activity were elaborated various topics such as:

• The planning of a financial investigation being focused on: 

1. Results of the investigation; 
2. Formation of an investigation strategy; (and) 
3. Prioritization of tools of the investigation technique;

• Presentation of the concept of tools of intelligence by open source. The cycle of tools of intelligence. Necessary methods and techniques to support financial investigations;
• Direct and indirect methods of obtaining evidence. The use of electronic evidence;
• Practices of Albanian institutions in the use of tools of intelligence by open source, methods and techniques for an effective investigation of financial crimes, etc.

Participants in this activity were as follows: 

• Prosecutors of Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK);
• Prosecutors of First Instance Prosecution Offices; 
• Officers of Judicial Police; (as well as)   
• Investigators of the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH).