Agency for Prevention of Corruption

Training on Verification of Income Reports Held

March 29, 2018

Representatives of the Section for Verification of income and assets of public officials attended the training "Strengthening the Capacity of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption for the Verification of the Income" held on 28-29th March in the premises of the Agency, within the project “Action against Economic Crime in Montenegro”, which is part of the "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey".

The aim of the training was, through jointly work of the experts of the Council of Europe and the representatives of the Section for verification of income and assets of public officials, to identify the best methods for conducting an effective and basic verification of Reports on income and assets based on risk assessment, so that in accordance with all mentioned, concrete cases of verification of income reports grounded on an improved methodology are presented. 

Head of the Section for Verification of income and assets of public officials, Stefan Radunović presented the activities and results of the Agency in the field of verification of income and assets of public officials. Representatives of the Council of Europe, experts Quentin Reed and Silviu Popa presented case studies and comparative practices, as well as criteria for selection, verification of submitted data with data from electronic databases of other institutions, banks and third parties, as well as other important factors for deep assessment of income and assets of public officials, and made recommendations for further elimination of potential obstacles and improvement of work in that area.

The project of combating economic crime in Montenegro is being implemented within the framework of the joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the EU, called the "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey" and foresees technical cooperation and expert support to the Agency.

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