Regional countries pledge to fight crime
Participants in a regional security conference under way in Belgrade signed a joint statement on Monday.
Monday, 30.03.2009.
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Participants in a regional security conference under way in Belgrade signed a joint statement on Monday. The Regional High Level Conference on Promoting the Rule of Law and Human Security in South East Europe pledged to actively to work on fighting organized crime, people smuggling, narcotics smuggling, and money laundering. Regional countries pledge to fight crime The joint statement advocates the rule of law and security in southeastern Europe and it was signed by officials of Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Albania. After the signing ceremony, Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic underscored that it is not possible to wage a successful struggle against all forms of organized crime without good police cooperation in the region. The ministerial conference was organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP). Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic opened the conference earlier on Monday and said that the implementation of the rule of law, primarily through reforms in the judiciary, and the fight against corruption and organized crime were the top priorities of our country. Cvetkovic said that corruption and crime are a huge problem which Serbia and the countries in the region were faced with. "Corruption and organized crime represent a serious threat to democracy, human rights, stability and economic progress of our country," the prime minister pointed out. Dacic also spoke at the opening ceremony and said that a joint fight of Serbia and its neighbors against organized and cross-border crime, as well as exchange of experience, direct cooperation and support, represent the top political and every other priority of the Serbian government, "which we will not and must not give up on". The minister underlined that in that sense, one should point in particular to the importance of long-term and systematic programs of cooperation in the fight against corruption and crime, such as the Regional Program drafted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Dacic pointed out that more than 60 percent of organized criminal groups in Serbia are involved in narcotics smuggling, and added what all of them had in common was that they cooperated with other criminal groups in the region, in spite of their geographic, ethnic, or religious differences. Cvetkovic, right, at the conference today (Tanjug)
Regional countries pledge to fight crime
The joint statement advocates the rule of law and security in southeastern Europe and it was signed by officials of Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Albania.After the signing ceremony, Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić underscored that it is not possible to wage a successful struggle against all forms of organized crime without good police cooperation in the region.
The ministerial conference was organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP).
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković opened the conference earlier on Monday and said that the implementation of the rule of law, primarily through reforms in the judiciary, and the fight against corruption and organized crime were the top priorities of our country.
Cvetković said that corruption and crime are a huge problem which Serbia and the countries in the region were faced with.
"Corruption and organized crime represent a serious threat to democracy, human rights, stability and economic progress of our country," the prime minister pointed out.
Dačić also spoke at the opening ceremony and said that a joint fight of Serbia and its neighbors against organized and cross-border crime, as well as exchange of experience, direct cooperation and support, represent the top political and every other priority of the Serbian government, "which we will not and must not give up on".
The minister underlined that in that sense, one should point in particular to the importance of long-term and systematic programs of cooperation in the fight against corruption and crime, such as the Regional Program drafted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Dačić pointed out that more than 60 percent of organized criminal groups in Serbia are involved in narcotics smuggling, and added what all of them had in common was that they cooperated with other criminal groups in the region, in spite of their geographic, ethnic, or religious differences.
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