Justice Ministry backs seizure of criminals' property

A Justice Ministry official says property acquired through criminal activity should be confiscated.

Izvor: Beta

Tuesday, 28.08.2007.

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A Justice Ministry official says property acquired through criminal activity should be confiscated. State Secretary Snezana Malovic told Beta news agency this was necessary in order to successfully fight crime. Justice Ministry backs seizure of criminals' property Prison sentences are a vocational hazard for criminals, rather than a sanction, if they are not accompanied by the confiscation of property, she added. Malovic was speaking at the opening of a gathering dedicated to the training of organized crime judges and prosecutors Monday in Belgrade. She said Serbia would continue to improve instruments for fighting organized crime, since success in this field was a condition for European integration. “International cooperation in this field is necessary because organized crime groups from the former territory of Yugoslavia have established close cooperation and their activities jeopardize all the countries in the region,” Malovic explained. The director of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Sandro Calvani, said that the UN convention from Palermo, ratified by 135 countries, including Serbia, envisaged measures for fighting organized crime, with respect for the victims and human rights. Much still remains to be done in Serbia, Calvani said at the gathering in Belgrade, adding that UNICRI would help in this fight. The Italian ambassador to Serbia, Alessandro Merola, said Italy was interested in Serbia's struggle to fight organized crime, because this represented a common interest. "Nothing is as globalized as organized crime and this is why cooperation is necessary," Merola said. The UNICRI-sponsored seminar in Belgrade (FoNet)

Justice Ministry backs seizure of criminals' property

Prison sentences are a vocational hazard for criminals, rather than a sanction, if they are not accompanied by the confiscation of property, she added.

Malović was speaking at the opening of a gathering dedicated to the training of organized crime judges and prosecutors Monday in Belgrade.

She said Serbia would continue to improve instruments for fighting organized crime, since success in this field was a condition for European integration.

“International cooperation in this field is necessary because organized crime groups from the former territory of Yugoslavia have established close cooperation and their activities jeopardize all the countries in the region,” Malović explained.

The director of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Sandro Calvani, said that the UN convention from Palermo, ratified by 135 countries, including Serbia, envisaged measures for fighting organized crime, with respect for the victims and human rights.

Much still remains to be done in Serbia, Calvani said at the gathering in Belgrade, adding that UNICRI would help in this fight.

The Italian ambassador to Serbia, Alessandro Merola, said Italy was interested in Serbia's struggle to fight organized crime, because this represented a common interest.

"Nothing is as globalized as organized crime and this is why cooperation is necessary," Merola said.

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