Prosecutors, magistrates and law enforcement officials working in the field of organized crime

• Performing research and analysis on the PORB operation
  with respect to tracing assets acquired through
  criminal activity.
• Establishing guidelines on the Organization of the work
  in PORB on identification and seizure of illegally acquired
  assets.
• Creation of a data base of the illegally acquired assets
  Specialized training on asset forfeiture
  Creation of a competence network in PORB on asset
  forfeiture.
• Establishment of a specialized unit for tracing assets
  acquired through criminal activity.
• Building prosecution cooperation between the Republic
  of Bulgaria and the Swiss Confederation with respect to
  asset forfeiture.
• Research and analysis of JIT experience and good
  practices and development of guidelines on JIT application.
• Development of Bulgarian - Swiss JIT protocol and JIT agreement template.

Erreichte Resultate:  

• Improved capacity of the PORB to investigate independently by providing technical resources for the collection of evidence.
• Improved capacity of the PORB for investigating organised crimes, criminal assets anti-money laundering by setting up an Operational Duty Center, a series of trainings and an exchange visit to Switzerland.
• Elaborated guidelines and a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) working on a common case serve as pillars for the elaborated first draft JIT protocol between Bulgaria and Switzerland.
• Capacity building in the field of asset recovery through bilateral discussions among law enforcement institutions in Bulgaria and CH and through the elaboration of the first ever guidelines on asset recovery.
• Improved exchange of information between key stakeholders on human trafficking: Case studies have been drafted in order to facilitate the collaboration of the relevant institutions working with unified information and providing adequate assistance to victims that are also witnesses. In addition, the knowledge and awareness of the PORB on the matter of Trafficking in Human Being (THB) has been improved through conducting an analysis on the Bulgarian and foreign legislation on THB, the analysis of specific THB cases and the participation of PORB representatives in the THB trainings and seminars of other key institutions and partners in that field (such as the NCCTHB, IOM and Animus).

Phase 1 01.04.2014 - 30.09.2018   (Completed)