Law Enforcement officials in Albania learn with CEPOL about Financial Investigations’ challenges related to illegal immigration

“Financial Investigations’ challenges in regards of irregular immigration” was the subject of the 2nd national training activity organised by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) within the framework of the capacity building project Western Balkans Financial Investigation In-Service Training 2017-2019 (FI Project)[1].

The course took place in Tirana, Albania between 12-16 November with the objective to enhance the competencies and knowledge of law enforcement officials on gathering evidence of crime through financial investigations and usage of new techniques and to improve investigation and prosecution of illegal migrations by usage of financial investigation techniques.

The activity offered 22 law enforcement and judicial officers from Albanian law enforcement organisations such as Police, Financial Intelligence Unit, Customs, and Prosecution Office, the opportunity to gain in-depth understanding in the field of irregular migration.

More specifically, the trainers from Europol, FRONTEX, Western Union and experts in the field from Northern Ireland, Germany, Albania and Hungary covered the following topics:

• understanding the darknet in the context of FI in cases of migrant smuggling
• open-source intelligence tools to address social media to combat migrant smuggling
• cross-border investigation techniques and investigation methods relevant to illegal migration
• EU borders protection
• EU experience in combating migrant smuggling.

[1] The capacity-building project Western Balkans Financial Investigation In-Service Training 2017-2019 (FI Project) aims at developing and sustaining institutional capacity of the law enforcement agencies of the beneficiary countries (Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo*) in order to prevent, investigate and prosecute transnational organised crime and financing terrorism. The FI project is funded by the European Commission under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPAII) and it is an integral part of the second IISG Pillar (WBCSCi).

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*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.