Advanced economic knowledge for prosecutors


In the course of February and March this year, representatives of the Securities Commission took part in a series of two-day trainings entitled „Enhancement of economic knowledge of importance for criminal proceedings – advanced level” organized by the Judicial Academy and the British Council led Consortium. The trainings are part of the European Union's Support to the Judicial Academy.

The trainings were held in Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac and Belgrade, and they were intended for prosecutors and prosecutorial assistants from the appellate jurisdictions.

The topics of the trainings were: Elements and proving of essence of budgetary criminal offences, essence of criminal offences related to the capital market, essence of customs criminal offences, Budgetary criminal offences simulation of a case from practice, Criminal offences related to the capital market, as well as Customs criminal offences.

The lecturers included: Jelena Kostić, European Union's Support to the Judicial Academy expert, Jelena Popović Customs Administration and Vladislav Stanković, Commissioner, Securities Commission.   

Under the EU Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), the British Council led Consortium is implementing 'European Union's Support to the Judicial Academy' project. The project is supporting enhancement of educational activities, functioning of new structures within new competences of the Judicial Academy, and establishment of the consistent judicial system of the Republic of Serbia.