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UNCLAS BELGRADE 001534 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
DEPARTMENT FOR INL (SIMIC) 
EUR/SCE (PETERSON) 
DOJ FOR OPDAT (ACKER) 
ICITAP (DUCOT) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCRM KJUS SNAR SR
SUBJECT: FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL SOLICITATION FOR INL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 
 
REF: STATE 53341 
 
¶1. (SBU) Summary:  This is a Response to Action Request 
that solicited and provided instructions for preparing 
criminal justice-related project proposals to be funded 
with FY 2009 INCLE, ESF, Support for Eastern European 
Democracy Act (SEED) and FREEDOM funds. The response 
encompasses proposals from OPDAT (Resident Legal Advisor 
Program) and the ICITAP Program Manager (Resident Senior 
Law Enforcement Advisor), the ICITAP Organized 
Crime/Terrorism Senior Police Advisor program, the ICITAP 
Anti-Corruption Senior Police Advisor program and the 
ICITAP War Crimes Investigations Service Senior Police 
Advisor program. 
 
¶2. (SBU) OPDAT RESIDENT LEGAL ADVISOR BELGRADE PROPOSAL 
 
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(A) TITLE/ESTIMATED COST/PRIORITY 
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OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor Program- RLA Staff and 
Administrative Expenses, $1,036,000; Priority #1 out of 1 
 
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 (B) BACKGROUND TO THE REQUEST 
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      Since the October 2000 fall of Slobodan Milosevic?s 
regime and subsequent re-establishment of Embassy 
Belgrade, strengthening the rule of law in Serbia has 
been one of the Embassy's top priorities.  It is 
necessary for improvements in Serbia?s economy, political 
stability, democratic institutions, and conflict 
prevention. 
 
      Serbian justice-sector needs include strengthening 
the capacity to prosecute war crimes, organized crime and 
corruption as well as overarching criminal-justice 
reform. Capacity building of domestic war crimes 
prosecutions will help both ensure the International 
Criminal Tribunal of Yugoslavia (ICTY) closeout and 
restore stability in Serbia and the region.  Serbia also 
has a continuing need to develop the capacity for 
prosecution and adjudication of organized crime, 
especially after the assassination of Serbian Prime 
Minister Zoran Djindjic in March 2003.  This need has 
been highlighted repeatedly in recent months by the 
President of Serbia and other top government officials. 
Furthermore, to enhance democratic institutions, promote 
foreign investments, and integrate into Europe, public 
corruption must be combated more effectively. Finally, 
Serbia needs to complete long-awaited overall reform of 
the criminal justice system that would bring it into 
compliance with international standards and make it more 
efficient.  Accordingly, efforts are ongoing to reform 
the Criminal Procedure Code, Criminal Code, Organized 
Crime Law and other relevant laws. 
 
      The Serbia RLA program began in October 2003.  The 
RLA office worked on several critical issues in the 
initial phase of establishing the rule of law in Serbia 
and Montenegro and later in Serbia.  The RLA office has 
assisted in institution-building through the delivery of 
equipment donations and grants to the Special Court for 
War Crimes and Organized Crime, War Crimes and Organized 
Crime Prosecutor?s Offices, police Witness Protection 
Unit and court?s Victim/Witness Assistance Service, 
thereby providing the groundwork for effective 
prosecutions and trials of war crimes and organized 
crime.  The RLA office also has provided training 
seminars in these countries in order to promote key anti- 
crime tools, such as witness protection and 
victim/witness support, as well as special investigative 
techniques for use in sophisticated cases involving, for 
example, organized crime and corruption.  The RLA office 
has helped the Serbian Ministry of Justice to draft a 
number of key laws, including the Witness Protection Law, 
War Crimes Law Amendments, Organized Crime Law 
 
 
Amendments, Criminal Code Amendments and the Asset 
Forfeiture Law. 
 
      The RLA office also was active in facilitating 
regional cooperation in obtaining evidence and witness 
testimonies, both in specific cases and through the 
establishment of the South Eastern Europe Prosecutorial 
Advisory Group (SEEPAG).  The RLA office helped achieve 
regional cooperation in the areas of war crimes and 
witness protection, resulting in the signing of a bi- 
lateral MOU between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on 
cooperation of their victim/witness support services as 
well as a multi-lateral MOU between Serbia, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Macedonia on 
cooperation in witness protection.  Additionally, the RLA 
office coordinated rule of law assistance in Serbia and 
Montenegro provided by other U.S. agencies, including the 
U.S. Marshal?s Service, the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), 
the Office for International Affairs (OIA) and the Office 
for Special Investigations (OSI). 
 
      As a result of the RLA office?s efforts, a much more 
solid base, and a successful track record, for 
sophisticated criminal prosecution and justice-sector 
reform has been established in Serbia.  First, the War 
Crimes Prosecutor?s Office has relentlessly conducted 
domestic war crimes prosecutions against war crimes 
perpetrators regardless of their ethnicity or rank. 
Furthermore, the War Crimes Prosecutor also became the 
Coordinator of the Serbian Government?s Action Team for 
apprehending the remaining ICTY fugitives, which 
presently constitutes a pre-condition for Serbia?s EU 
accession. Although these efforts have been 
internationally applauded, they are continuing and need 
further support. 
 
      Likewise, in the midst of applicable training, 
equipment assistance and study visits, the Organized 
Crime Prosecutor?s Office obtained convictions in key 
cases. However, numerous major narcotics trafficking, 
money-laundering, and other financial-crime cases, remain 
ongoing and require further support. 
 
      Third, an excellent institutional foundation has 
been laid for combating corruption, a major Post 
priority.  An efficient fight against corruption is one 
of the crucial points in Serbia's efforts to increase 
foreign investment and advance along the path to EU 
accession and European integration generally.  Serbia is 
still in transition from the Milosevic era, in which 
crime and government were closely linked.  The fight 
received a boost with last year?s establishment of 
corruption specialization within the Republic 
Prosecutor's Office and four large District Prosecutor?s 
Offices. The newly established departments should 
coordinate work of all prosecutors? offices in Serbia as 
to corruption crimes and financial crimes connected to 
corruption. The Anti-Corruption Department within the 
Chief Republic Public Prosecutor's Office will also be in 
charge of recusals and referrals in corruption cases, 
initiating legal reforms to enable more efficient fight 
against corruption, international cooperation in 
combating corruption, etc. 
 
      Furthermore, recent amendments to the Organized 
Crime Law provide for an expanded jurisdiction for the 
Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office, to include high- 
profile corruption cases-cases involving public officials 
appointed or elected by the Government, Parliament, High 
Judicial Council or State Prosecutorial Council or those 
where the value involved exceeds two million dinars. In 
addition, FY 2009 saw the passage of the Law on Asset 
Forfeiture, which will present a strong tool in combating 
corruption as well as organized crime. 
 
      Moreover, there have been key corruption 
prosecutions.  However, more such cases need to be 
brought, and this will require ongoing training for the 
new anti-corruption specialists and the implementation of 
certain now-pending legislation that is supported by the 
RLA office. 
 
 
 
 
Finally, it is expected that overall criminal 
justice legislative reform will culminate soon, with 
specific assistance from the RLA office.  Early in FY 
2009, key criminal-justice legislation was passed, 
including the Asset Forfeiture Law, laws reforming the 
court system and judge-selection system, laws reforming 
the system of prosecutor?s offices and prosecutor- 
selection system, and the Law on Liability of Legal 
Entities.  FY 2009 saw the passage of not only the 
several aforementioned laws, but also key amendments to 
the Criminal Code that expand its scope and enforcement 
mechanisms.  By the end of FY 2010, we anticipate that a 
new Criminal Procedure Code will be enacted, with support 
from the RLA office.  Our efforts to help the Serbian 
justice system implement these laws should extend over 
the next few years. 
 
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 (C)  PROJECT DESCRIPTION 
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     The OPDAT program in Serbia (hereinafter, the ?OPDAT 
Program?), from 2006 until November 2009, featured two 
RLAs.  The ?Embassy RLA? has taken the lead in the areas 
of war crimes, organized crime and general criminal 
justice reform.  The ?Anti-Corruption RLA,? a position 
established in 2006, focused on corruption and 
corruption-related crimes, advising Serbian prosecutors 
and judges to assist in the implementation of Serbia's 
new anti-corruption strategy and to help Serbia prosecute 
corrupt public officials more generally. 
 
      Due to budget constraints for FY 2009, the Anti- 
Corruption RLA?s slot, which was vacated by the outgoing 
incumbent as of November 2009, will remain vacant for a 
period of time.  Accordingly, this proposal envisions the 
Embassy RAL serving alone, without an Anti-Corruption 
RLA, with the hope that at some point increased funding 
will permit the return of an Anti-Corruption RL. 
 
      Realizing that the Embassy RLA will need to cover, 
to the extent feasible, anti-corruption issues formerly 
covered by the Anti-Corruption RLA, several programs 
merit a detailed description. 
 
1)    War Crimes Institutions Capacity Building Program 
($90,000). 
 
In the war crimes area, the Embassy RLA will 
continue to build the capacity of the War Crimes 
Court and the War Crimes Prosecutor's Office. In 
light of the approaching ICTY close out, we will 
seek to strengthen the professional capacity of 
domestic war crimes prosecutors and judges by 
enabling them to exchange experience with ICTY 
prosecutors and judges.  Moreover, the OPDAT Program 
will also seek to advance regional cooperation in 
war crimes prosecution, by promoting bi-lateral 
cooperation and supporting Serbia?s participation at 
multi-lateral conferences and trainings. 
 
 
 
 
     2) Organized Crime Institutions Capacity Building 
Program ($79,730). 
 
In the area of organized crime (including aspects of 
money laundering, financial crime, and drug 
trafficking), Embassy RLA assistance will focus on 
legislative amendments aimed at enhancing both the 
independence of the specialized organized-crime 
institutions and law-enforcement tools such as asset 
forfeiture and special investigative techniques 
(i.e., electronic surveillance, simulated business 
and legal services, undercover agents, controlled 
deliveries, and cooperating witnesses).  The RLA 
Program will plan training courses and workshops for 
the organized-crime institutions regarding crucial 
 
 
 
organized-crime issues such as the new law on 
criminal liability of legal entities.  In addition, 
the Embassy RLA will promote regional and 
international cooperation, including better use of 
international legal assistance mechanisms, by 
sponsoring Serbian participation in regional 
organized crime conferences and providing training 
on international issues. 
 
Moreover, financial expertise and consulting is 
needed to assist organized-crime prosecutors in 
analyzing complex financial transactions, including 
sophisticated money-laundering and bribe payment 
schemes.  Such financial expertise is also necessary 
to identify assets and help implement the new Asset 
Forfeiture Law. Even experienced prosecutors lack 
sufficient financial expertise and understanding of 
the financial transactions. It is crucial that 
prosecutors learn how to analyze complex financial 
transactions in order to be able to investigate, 
track the money, analyze financial documents, 
specify requests for witness expertise and reach 
informed and intelligent decisions.  Accordingly, as 
in years past, the Embassy RLA Program will continue 
to fund the work of a forensic accountant to work 
with prosecutors in the Organized Crime Prosecutor?s 
Office on specific cases, with appropriate oversight 
from the Embassy RLA.  Such case-based mentoring is 
intended not only to help achieve successful results 
in specific cases, but also to help build the 
capacity of these prosecutor's to conduct these 
cases in general in the future. 
 
      3) General Criminal Procedure and Justice 
                   Reform ($175,000). 
 
The Embassy RLA will continue to improve the 
legislative framework of the domestic criminal 
justice system as a whole.  The Embassy RLA will 
support completion and adoption of a new Criminal 
Procedure Code (CPC), which is still being drafted 
but likely will be enacted in the first half of 
¶2010.  The Embassy RLA will continue to provide 
legislative drafting assistance, including advice on 
American experiences and best practices, and 
financial support for legislative drafting retreats. 
The Embassy RLA also anticipates post-adoption 
training courses that will help justice officials 
successfully implement a more efficient criminal 
procedure - including plea bargaining, the leading 
role of the prosecutor in the investigation, 
expanded use of special investigative techniques and 
close cooperation between prosecutors and police. 
Training also will focus on exposing judges and 
prosecutors to the new CPC in general.  As part of 
general criminal justice reform, assistance will 
also be rendered in the reform of appellate 
institutions. 
 
4) Anti-Corruption ($40,000) 
 
Although basic anti-corruption institutions have 
been established and certain key laws have been 
enacted, there is a clear need to build capacities 
of these institutions.  This will be pursued by the 
Embassy RLA, until an Anti-Corruption Advisor 
returns to Belgrade.  The Embassy RLA will provide 
one or more corruption-specific training courses for 
prosecutors, judges and police, and hold periodic 
roundtables bringing together members of the anti- 
corruption departments to discuss corruption-related 
topics such as investigative strategies and legal 
theories of criminal liability. 
 
 
5) RLA Administrative Cost ($651,270) supports the 
work of the RLA Program through funding of the 
salaries of the RLA Staff, office expenses, ICASS, 
etc. 
 
 
      It is important to note that the Embassy RLA program 
 
 
in Serbia has historically been instrumental in fostering 
additional key program activities; the Embassy RLA 
Program in Serbia was instrumental in establishing an 
OPDAT Anti-Corruption Program, addressed below, which 
complements the Embassy RLA's activities but focuses 
predominately on corruption. 
 
    The Embassy RLA Program has accomplished much. 
Highlights of achievements include the creation of a 
fully functioning War Crimes Court and Prosecutor?s 
Office.  The Embassy RLA played a role in the 
establishment of the Court and, with U.S. Marshals, 
assisted in the security design of the courthouse 
facility (which is used also for organized crime trials) 
and the training of special court personnel.    Another 
highlight is Embassy RLA's work to establish domestic and 
regional witness protection systems and, with U.S. 
Marshals, to train Serbia's witness protection unit. 
Serbia's new witness protection law was implemented in 
January 2006 and the witness protection unit has 
successfully protected and relocated dozens of persons so 
far.  Embassy RLA assistance also has contributed greatly 
to several key crime-fighting laws, including the asset 
forfeiture law and amendments to the criminal code, which 
have been passed or are expected to pass soon.  The 
Serbian government supports the RLA's efforts and 
recognizes the importance of the topics the Embassy RLA 
focuses on. 
 
      Although basic institutions have been established 
and certain key laws have been enacted, there is a clear 
need to strengthen the legal framework, build up the 
professional capacity of these institutions, introduce 
and assist in implementation of criminal justice reform 
and strengthen regional cooperation in criminal 
prosecutions.  This assistance program will help build 
the capacity of domestic institutions to successfully 
prosecute and adjudicate war crimes, organized crime and 
corruption cases, as well as to support much-needed 
reform of the criminal justice system in general.  The 
assistance program outlined in this project proposal is 
in alignment with U.S. interests in Serbia and Serbia?s 
priorities. Such assistance is based on the furtherance 
of U.S. policy in promoting the ICTY close-out strategy, 
the fight against transnational organized crime, and the 
establishment of a stable and democratic state and in 
Serbia, with a strong rule of law foundation and strong 
anti-corruption mechanisms. 
 
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 (D) GOAL, OBJECTIVES & PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 
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GOAL: The overall goal of the Embassy RLA Program is to 
create and sustain a modern criminal justice system in 
Serbia with the capacity to efficiently investigate, 
prosecute and adjudicate criminal cases, including but 
not limited to war crimes, organized crime, and 
corruption cases. 
 
OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: 
 
1) OBJECTIVE: Further strengthen Serbia?s legislative 
framework, technical capacity and regional cooperation to 
effectively prosecute and adjudicate war crimes cases. 
 
INDICATORS: 
 
a)    More efficient work of the War Crimes Prosecutor?s 
Office and Special Court, including 10 new 
investigations, indictments and judgments, 
especially involving mid-level police/ army 
officials. 
 
b)    At regional bi-lateral meetings or multi-lateral 
conferences, Serbian war crimes prosecutors and 
judges discussed the cooperation issues with their 
counterparts from other countries, resulting in at 
least one evidence transfer between the countries. 
 
c)    Serbia concludes at least one formal agreement 
 
 
 
regarding evidence transfer or joint 
investigations with at least one other country in 
the region. 
 
2) OBJECTIVE:  Further strengthen Serbia?s legislative 
framework, technical and professional capacity and 
regional cooperation to effectively prosecute and 
adjudicate organized crime cases, including money 
laundering, financial crime, and drug trafficking cases. 
 
INDICATORS: 
 
a)    Amendments to the Organized Crime Law recently 
adopted by the Parliament, providing for more 
independence and expanded jurisdiction for the 
Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office, are 
successfully implemented via use of cases invoking 
the expanded jurisdiction. 
 
b)    Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code are 
proposed by the working group and adopted by the 
Parliament, providing for expanded and better 
regulated use of special investigative techniques. 
 
c)    More efficient work of the Organized Crime 
Prosecutor?s Office and organized crime special 
court department, including 10 new investigations, 
indictments and judgments, especially involving 
drug trafficking. 
 
d)    At least three instances of successful proceedings 
to forfeit assets derived from organized crime. 
 
e)    At regional bi-lateral meetings or multi-lateral 
conferences, Serbian organized crime prosecutors, 
judges and police discuss cooperation issues with 
their counterparts from other countries, resulting 
in at least one instance of cross border 
cooperation on a specific case. 
 
3) OBJECTIVE: Effect reform of the Serbian justice system 
in general, including criminal procedure code reform. 
 
a)    A new Criminal Procedure Code, enabling more 
efficient criminal proceedings in investigation, 
prosecution and adjudication of criminal cases, 
including appellate review, is adopted by the 
Parliament. 
 
b)    New investigative techniques and other tools 
envisaged in the anticipated new Criminal 
Procedure Code of the Republic of Serbia, such as 
Plea Bargaining, Pre-trial Conference and 
increased investigatory role of the prosecutor are 
used in practice, not only by organized crime and 
war crimes police and prosecutors, but by police 
and prosecutors of general jurisdiction. 
 
c)    Amendments to the Criminal Code incorporating the 
obligations undertaken from international 
conventions and providing for more strict 
sanctions are successfully utilized. 
 
d)    New judicial system laws adopted in December 2008, 
aimed at more effective criminal proceedings, 
court and prosecutor?s work, judicial independence 
and accountability (Law on Judges, Law on 
Prosecutors, Law on Courts, Law on State Council 
of Prosecutors, Law on High Court Council) are 
successfully implemented. 
 
4)     OBJECTIVE: Building capacities of anti-corruption 
departments, general prosecutors? offices and the 
Organized Crime Prosecutor?s Office to handle corruption 
and financial crime cases 
 
INDICATORS: 
 
a)    Serbia has a track record of successful, nonpartisan 
corruption prosecutions and the prevailing public 
perception is that government officials can no 
longer be corrupt with impunity. Prosecutors 
 
 
actively investigate corruption cases in a 
nonpartisan manner. 
 
b)    Anti-corruption departments achieve specific results 
including opening of 5 new corruption cases. 
 
c)    Amendments to the Organized Crime Law recently 
adopted by the Parliament, providing for more 
independence and expanded jurisdiction for the 
Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office, are 
successfully implemented via use of cases invoking 
the new jurisdiction over corruption cases. 
 
d)    The Organized Crime Law expanding the jurisdiction 
of the Organized Crime Prosecutor?s Office to 
include high-profile corruption cases. 
 
e)    Improved capacities to identify assets gained 
through criminal activities that resulted in at 
least four successful asset forfeitures. 
 
f)    Improved capacities for conducting financial crime 
investigations resulting in at least two 
successfully completed major financial crime cases. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 (E)   SUSTAINABILITY 
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      In light of the current financial conditions and 
declining budgets, the Embassy RLA program has taken into 
consideration the sustainability issue and has emphasized 
this component of its activities.  The Embassy RLA 
continues to assist the Serbian government in handling 
the scores of war crimes cases that already exist from 
the Balkan and Kosovo conflicts but have not been 
prosecuted, as well as organized crime cases.  An 
improved functioning domestic criminal court system, as 
contemplated by new laws enacted in December 2008, will 
be a sustaining institution to help Serbia seek justice 
and fully integrate Serbia into the international 
community.  The Embassy RLA understands that in light of 
the ICTY close-out strategy, additional assistance will 
be required for the domestic war crimes institutions. 
The Embassy RLA presence in the region for the last six 
years significantly has improved the capacity, 
independence and professionalism of the War Crimes and 
Organized Crime Prosecutor's Offices and their 
corresponding special courts, although additional 
assistance is still much needed.  However, the War Crimes 
and Organized Crime institutions are on the path of 
becoming fully self-sustainable, which is the Embassy RLA 
goal. 
      Enacted and expected legislative reforms embodying 
modern approaches to specialized investigative 
techniques, plea bargaining, task forces and witness 
security as well as revisions to the substantive criminal 
code, contribute lasting support to a solid legal 
framework to strengthen the rule of law and to combat 
crime.  Bearing in mind sustainability considerations, 
our trainings are very practical, because we believe that 
the best way to train Serbian judges and prosecutors 
regarding topics on which they lack experience (e.g., 
plea bargaining), is to make the participants do 
practical exercises themselves, so that they learn from 
doing. This in turn enhances the sustainability of our 
programs. 
    The Embassy RLA program in Serbia is specifically 
geared toward ensuring that the improvements to the 
criminal justice system are sustainable.  Successful 
completion of proposed projects should result in more 
robust and sustainable criminal justice institutions in 
Serbia, and render law enforcement officials better able 
to interact credibly with counterparts in the United 
States and throughout the region. 
 
    The anti-corruption programs outlined herein will be 
 
 
far more sustainable in the event that subsequent funding 
is sufficient to once again station an Anti-Corruption 
RLA in Belgrade. Until then, the Embassy RLA will strive 
to ensure that gains made in the anti-corruption area are 
not lost to the absence of an anti-corruption RLA. It 
bears repeating, however, that sustainability of the 
anti-corruption program is undoubtedly best assured by 
the stationing of an Anti-corruption RLA in Belgrade 
 
    The project is designed to ensure the permanency and 
professional capacity of the Special Court for War Crimes 
and Organized Crime Court.  Effective and professional 
work of these institutions is critical to successful 
Euro-Atlantic relationships and to the establishment of a 
strong Rule of Law in Serbia.  Furthermore, legislative 
and training assistance aim to ensure reform and optimal 
operation of the criminal justice system as a whole and 
its compliance with international standards. 
 
    To date, Serbia has cooperated closely with our 
assistance programs and has taken steps in the direction 
of necessary legal reforms and establishment of vital 
criminal justice institutions.  We expect this 
cooperation to continue in the future as well, resulting 
in an effective criminal justice system capable of 
prosecuting and adjudicating complex war crimes, 
organized crime, corruption and other serious crime 
cases.  This type of a criminal justice system would be 
the best guarantee of the Rule of Law in Serbia. 
 
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 (F)  TIMELINE 
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      All of the herein mentioned activities are multi- 
year in nature with a phase out to begin in 2014 or upon 
Serbia's accession into the European Union. However, 
having in mind the budget decrease, the general phase out 
may begin sooner with the intensified phase out in 2014 
or upon Serbia's accession into the European Union. 
 
 
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 (G)  MONITORING AND EVALUATION 
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      All employees in the RLA office work to some degree 
on performance management, whether in program planning, 
assessment participants? views of our training efforts, 
evaluation of effectiveness of our use of financial 
resources, or in some other way.  We collect performance 
data as frequently as circumstances require and permit. 
 
      Our most common form of performance data is the 
collection of participants? evaluations at the conclusion 
of each of our training courses and study visits. 
Through these written evaluations, we can obtain a 
picture, quantified to some degree, of the extent to 
which our offerings are considered effective, and the 
ways in which they can be improved. 
 
      Another area of performance measure relates to the 
passage of legislation.  We track whether legislation 
that we have supported ? either by sitting on the 
legislation?s working group or otherwise ? is ultimately 
passed by Parliament and, if so, the extent to which it 
is passed in the form recommended or supported by us. 
 
      In June 2009, a team from INL and EUR/ACE visited 
Belgrade for a week and visited with Serbian contacts as 
part of their review of an overall rule-of-law assistance 
strategy for the entire country.  Other than finalizing 
that rule-of-law strategy with INL and EUR/ACE in the 
aftermath of their visit, we do not have scheduled, or 
anticipate, any imminent evaluations 
 
¶3. (SBU) ICITAP PROPOSAL NO. 1 
 
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(A) TITLE/ESTIMATED COST/PRIORITY 
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ICITAP Investigative Training and Development Program for 
Serbia (PM/Senior Law Enforcement Advisor) - SLEA staff 
and administrative expenses, $496,763.48; Priority# 1 out 
of 4 
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 (B)  BACKGROUND TO THE REQUEST 
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      Following several assessment visits, ICITAP was 
added to the embassy?s criminal justice programming with 
the posting of a veteran Program Manager/Senior Law 
Enforcement Advisor (SLEA) to Belgrade in November of 
¶2004.  Additional Senior Police Advisors for Organized 
Crime/Terrorism and War Crimes, respectively, were 
deployed over the next eight months.  An additional Anti- 
Corruption Senior Police Advisor was added in 2009. 
Since the inception of ICITAP Serbia, the SLEA has worked 
with Serbian Police management regarding police reform 
and institutional development, and has provided oversight 
to the development of professional capacities in the 
Serbian Police Organized Crime, War Crimes and Anti- 
terrorist units, along with oversight of the additional 
Anti-corruption portfolio established in 2009. 
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 (C)  PROJECT DESCRIPTION 
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      ICITAP proposes that FY2009 funding provide for the 
continued implementation of multi-year program 
initiatives. Consequently, this plan calls for further 
development and achievement of many of the current 
program objectives. 
      This funding will provide for 12 months of a 
resident, embassy-based ICITAP Program Manager/SLEA to 
provide oversight and guidance to various program 
components, to work with POST as a senior law enforcement 
advisor on all police reform issues, and to ensure an 
integrated justice reform effort with OPDAT, other U.S. 
law enforcement agencies and international donors.  This 
funding will also cover all associated administrative & 
support costs, agency overhead and fees. 
      ICITAP?s Organized Crime/Terrorism, War Crimes and 
Anti-Corruption initiatives are coordinated with all U.S. 
rule of law entities via the SLEA?s membership in 
embassy?s Secure and Stable Serbia Goal Implementation 
Group (GIG).  The SLEA currently co-chairs this GIG.  The 
SLEA ensures that program initiatives are fully 
supportive of the goals, strategies and tactics 
enumerated in the embassy's Mission Strategic Plan. 
ICITAP's Senior Law Enforcement Advisor and OPDAT?s 
Resident Legal Advisors coordinate activities to stress a 
task force mentality in all program activities by 
promoting the sharing of training resources and the 
inclusion of a range of responsible Serbian enforcement, 
prosecutorial and judicial staff in training and 
development initiatives.  Donations are also designed to 
be complimentary to other programs.  Experience to date 
has shown considerable synergy between the program 
initiatives of ICITAP, OPDAT, FBI, EXBS, Treasury and 
Regional Security Offices. Likewise, the Senior Law 
Enforcement Advisor actively participates in the 
coordination of program initiatives with other 
international police donors. 
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 (D) GOAL, OBJECTIVES & PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 
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Goal: To create and sustain a modern police investigative 
system in Serbia with the capacity to proactively 
identify, investigate, apprehend, and meaningfully 
participate in the successful prosecution of those 
responsible for organized crime, terrorism, war crimes, 
corruption and other criminal activities, in concert with 
the institutional development and reform of Serbia law 
enforcement entities. 
Objectives and Performance Indicators: 
 
 
 
1) Objective:  Provide effective leadership for, and 
management of, program goals, objectives and strategies. 
 
Indicators: 
 
a)    Ongoing communication with embassy officials, 
funders, international police donors and program 
staff to articulate, refine, reinforce and achieve 
program goals, objectives and strategies. Ensure 
efficient use of program resources and material. 
 
b)    Develop office control systems to catalogue, assess 
and maximize resources. 
 
c)    During the program year, continuous oversight of 
ICITAP program management, coordination with embassy 
rule of law stakeholders, continuing coordination 
with international organizations, such as OSCE, 
UNDP, etc. 
 
d)    Contribute to overall embassy goals, cables, 
reporting requirements in relation to rule of law 
issues. 
 
e)    Regular consultations with GOS rule of law 
leadership, Director of Police and other Ministry of 
Interior officials related to institutional 
development, personnel development and best 
practices related to related to rule of law and law 
enforcement. 
 
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 (E)   SUSTAINABILITY 
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      The general management-based philosophy utilized by 
DOJ/ICITAP throughout the world is evident in this 
proposal. Ongoing sustainability is a direct product of 
DOJ/ICITAP?s emphasis on building progressive management 
capacities while continuously utilizing ?train-the- 
trainers? methodologies; every training workshop offered 
will include individuals who have undergone instructor 
development training and/or who will be responsible for 
the replication of the instruction.  Furthermore, real- 
time promotion and observation of new skills are 
emphasized by daily co-location of advisors.  Lastly, 
written protocols enabling donations spell out the legal 
obligations of the recipient entity as to proper 
assignment, deployment and maintenance of the donated 
equipment. 
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(F)  TIMELINE 
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The activities are multi-year in nature with a phase out 
of the Rule of Law activities to begin in 2014 or upon 
Serbia's accession into the European Union. 
 
 
¶4. (SBU) ICITAP PROPOSAL NO. 2 
 
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(A) TITLE/ESTIMATED COST/PRIORITY 
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ICITAP Senior Police Advisor Investigative Training and 
Development Program for Serbia (Organized 
Crime/Terrorism) $179,412.18; Priority# 2 out of 4 
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(B)  BACKGROUND TO THE REQUEST 
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      The Government of Serbia's commitment to enhance its 
capacity to address the myriad facets of organized crime 
was clearly demonstrated by the creation of a specialized 
police unit.  The staff selection process, compensation 
packages and equipment resources also reflected the 
 
 
priority being placed on the new Organized Crime 
department.  Since the creation of this unit, the 
Ministry of Interior has undergone reorganization 
consistent with the new Law on Police, placing the 
Organized Crime Department back within the traditional 
Crime Police structure.  While there was some controversy 
over this change as it relates to ?independence,? the 
change appears to be for understandable management 
reasons and is assessed to not represent a dilution of 
commitment.  To compliment these police resources, 
special prosecutors have been identified to focus on 
organized crime and their working/legal relationship with 
the police has been enhanced through the efforts of 
ICITAP and OPDAT.  Recent cases involving the arrests of 
a Supreme Court Justice, a bankruptcy mafia and officials 
for corruption at highway toll stations demonstrated the 
use of USG promoted specialized skills, teamwork and 
commitment.  The cases also served as useful reminders 
that organized crime and corruption did not evaporate 
with the conclusion of Operation Saber, the crime dragnet 
following the assassination of Prime Minister Djindjic. 
The current Minister of Interior and the Director of 
Police have both voiced their desire to work closely with 
the ICITAP office regarding police reform and 
institutional development.  Both have also expressed the 
need for substantial capacity building in the development 
of investigative skills and in the acquisition of 
material resources specifically geared to fighting 
organized crime and corruption.  Ready access to top 
command and management staff and dedicated co-located 
office space are two tangible indicators of the GOS 
commitment. 
      Since its inception, ICITAP-Serbia has made 
significant progress working with the Serbian Organized 
Crime Police.  Of particular note, the ongoing workshop 
training series of Organized Crime Certification courses 
has 1) brought a common base of expertise to the 
investigative and prosecutorial staff, 2) has promoted 
the task force and regional mentalities necessary and 3) 
has introduced a level of sustainability to this 
professional development process by preparing and 
integrating local trainers.  Likewise, the ICITAP- 
provided training workshops and donated equipment have 
been cited by the Ministry as making significant critical 
contributions to recent major investigations, arrests and 
prosecutions. 
      All ICITAP initiatives are coordinated through 
Post's Rule of Law Goal Implementation Group (GIG), the 
Ministry of Interior's Office of International 
Cooperation and European Integration, and other 
international assistance stakeholders; the OSCE, other 
embassies, etc.  It should be noted that OSCE's Mission 
to Serbia has a signed Memorandum of Understanding with 
the Serbian Ministry of Interior. This instrument, dated 
November 17, 2004, defines the areas of OSCE assistance 
to the ministry (Police Accountability, Organized Crime, 
Border Policing, Community Policing, Police Education and 
Development, Crime Scene Management/Forensics, War Crimes 
and Strategic Planning/Development.  In addition to these 
eight specific areas of assistance, this document asks 
OSCE to assist the ministry's Bureau for International 
Cooperation in the coordination of international 
assistance. 
      ICITAP's assistance related to this project is 
distinguishable from OSCE initiatives in several ways: 
ICITAP's advisor is co-located with the operational staff 
of this unit; ICITAP offers daily practical-level, hands- 
on training and advisory service to field personnel; a 
task force philosophy permeates all advice and training 
(e.g. regular linkage with OPDAT initiatives creates 
training events with police, prosecutors and judges in 
attendance); funding for program activities/proposals is 
secured in advance; ICITAP provides greater sensitivity 
to the unique law enforcement interests of the United 
States.  Overlap or duplication in effort is minimized by 
regular dialogue between the two agencies.  In fact, the 
harmony in program elements has lead to several specific 
partnerships that not only complimented impact but also 
reduced costs (hostage, forensics and surveillance 
equipment donations) 
 
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      The ICITAP Senior Police Advisor assigned to 
Organized Crime will continue to provide day-to-day 
consultation services to the unit's management and 
operational staff.  Specific assistance and training will 
address, but not be limited to, the areas of human 
resources (recruitment, selection, vetting, training and 
certification) surveillance, undercover operations, 
informant/cooperative witness management, expert 
testimony, computer crimes, crime intelligence analysis, 
electronic interception, money laundering, human 
trafficking, and drug trafficking.  By definition this 
position will also deal with capacity building in the 
wide spectrum of transnational crime and the financing of 
terrorism.  Within the limitations of available funding, 
this position will support other embassy programming 
initiatives in the area of corruption. This advisor will 
evaluate unit capacities on a regular basis and use the 
evolving assessments to propose, design and implement 
appropriate training workshops. Material donations of 
specialized equipment will be proposed when deemed 
complementary to training workshops and/or consultation. 
The investigative capacity initiatives in the Organized 
Crimes area will be closely linked with those of the War 
Crimes and Anti-Corruption Senior Police Advisors so as 
to promote efficiencies in program offerings. 
      ICITAP's Organized Crime program will be coordinated 
with all USG rule of law entities via the embassy's GIG. 
In particular, ICITAP and OPDAT coordinate their efforts 
to stress a task force mentality in all program 
activities by promoting the sharing of training resources 
and the inclusion of a range of responsible Serbian 
enforcement staff in presented workshops.  Donations are 
also designed to be complimentary to other programs. 
Experience-to-date has shown considerable synergy between 
the program initiatives of ICITAP, OPDAT, FBI, EXBS, 
Treasury and Regional Security Offices. 
      In the area of organized crime, the ICITAP program 
has successfully launched a series of specialized 
workshop training courses to build investigative 
capacities.  These workshops reflect the findings of 
ongoing needs assessments.  In particular, workshops have 
been completed in the areas of Advanced Surveillance 
Techniques, Analytical Investigative Methods and 
Undercover/Informant Management.  A U.S. study visit was 
also hosted for Organized Crime officials to Washington 
DC and Philadelphia.  An array of equipment, coordinated 
with similar procurements from the FBI and the OSCE, has 
been donated to support surveillance, crime analysis, 
tactical interventions and forensics capacities of the 
police.  As outlined in "Background to the Request," 
ICITAP has developed and implemented a unique 
certification process for all current and aspirant 
members of the OC unit. 
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Goal: To create and sustain a modern police investigative 
system in Serbia with the capacity to proactively 
identify, investigate, apprehend and meaningfully 
participate in the successful prosecution of those 
responsible for organized crime and transnational crime. 
1)  Objective: Provide ongoing consultation, evaluation 
and assessments of unit capacities in order to propose, 
design and implement appropriate training workshops and 
equipment donations to enhance capacity to effectively 
investigate organized crime and transnational crime 
cases. 
 
Indicators: 
 
a)    Specific ?certified? training workshop assistance to 
address, but not be limited to, the areas of human 
resources (recruitment, selection, vetting and 
certification), surveillance, undercover operations, 
informant/cooperative witness management, expert 
testimony, computer crimes, crime analysis, 
 
 
electronic intercepts, money laundering, human 
trafficking, and narcotics trafficking. By 
definition this strategy will also deal with 
capacity building in the wide spectrum of 
transnational crime, the financing of terrorism, and 
corruption. 
 
b)    Material donations of specialized equipment will be 
proposed when deemed complementary to training 
and/or consultation.  These material donations will 
likely include equipment such as surveillance 
equipment, adequate night vision devices, secure 
communications devices, undercover recording 
devices, electronic interception devices, protective 
gear, and case management systems. 
 
c)    Coordinate the ICITAP organized crime program with 
all relevant U.S. law enforcement agencies. 
Likewise, major initiatives will be coordinated with 
our key international partners (OSCE, EU and bi- 
laterals). 
 
d)    Enhanced police-prosecutor communication by 
designing and providing joint workshop training and 
operational experiences with specific emphasis on 
capacity building in the area of organized crime 
(e.g. corruption, human trafficking, narcotics 
trafficking). 
 
e)    Future organized crime unit personnel acquire 
specialized certification for assignment; 100% of 
all 27 Police Secretariats in Serbia will have 
"certified" personnel in their organized crime 
cadres. 
 
f)    Received workshop training and equipment contributes 
to at least three organized crime investigations and 
prosecutions during the program year. 
 
g)    An interagency approach to organized crime clearly 
demonstrated in future cases by the deployment of 
task force investigative groups in at least 3 cases 
during program year. 
 
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      All ICITAP assistance is focused on the precept of 
creating sustainability.  All workshops include 
individuals who have undergone instructor development 
training and who will be utilized as training by the host 
law enforcement agency. Real-time promotion and 
observation of new skills are emphasized by daily co- 
location of advisors. Lastly, written protocols enabling 
donations spell out the legal obligations of the 
recipient entity as to proper assignment and deployment 
of donated equipment. 
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 (F)  TIMELINE 
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      This project is multi-year in nature with a phase 
out expected to begin in 2014 or upon Serbia's accession 
into the European Union. 
¶5. (SBU) ICITAP PROPOSAL NO. 3 
 
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(A) TITLE/ESTIMATED COST/PRIORITY 
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ICITAP Senior Police Advisor Investigative Training and 
Development Program for Serbia (War Crimes Investigation 
Service) $179,412.17; Priority# 3 out of 4 
 
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(B)  BACKGROUND TO THE REQUEST 
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      Given the evolving state of ICTY compliance and the 
certification requirement from the United States, Post 
utilizes an ICITAP Senior Police Advisor to support the 
development of the Ministry of Interior War Crimes 
investigations Service.  The initial focus of this 
program was an assessment of the capacity of WCIS to 
fulfill its mandate of investigating war crimes, locating 
war crimes suspects and presenting evidence useful in 
prosecution of war crimes suspects. 
      Initial progress in the area of the war crimes 
investigative capacity was less robust than in the area 
of organized crime; primary reasons were political in 
nature, with a general reluctance in government to be 
enthusiastic in the pursuit and prosecution of still- 
popular wartime figures.  This milieu continues to change 
as ascension to the European Union and the associated 
political pressure is having an effect. The presence of 
ICITAP has also contributed to the identification and 
removal of several prominent members of the police WCIS 
who had controversial Kosovo-based backgrounds.  The 
entire unit has now been vetted for similar backgrounds. 
The WCIS is now a major player in the government's Action 
Plan for the search for and arrest of the most prominent 
war criminals. 
      ICITAP's programming includes a Senior Police 
Advisor co-located with the operational staff of the WCIS 
to provide daily practical-level, hands-on training and 
consultation to field personnel.  A task force philosophy 
permeates all advice and training (e.g. regular linkage 
with OPDAT initiatives creates training events with 
police, prosecutors and judges in attendance). 
 
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      Funding will provide for 12 months of a resident, 
co-located ICITAP Senior Police Advisor in the Ministry 
of Interior's War Crimes Investigations Service (WCIS). 
Primary functions include assisting the Government of 
Serbia in continuing to enhance development and 
investigative capacities of the WCIS. 
      This program is also fully supportive of the goals, 
strategies and tactics enumerated in Post's MSP. 
      The ICITAP Senior Police Advisor assigned to the War 
Crimes Investigations Service will continue to provide 
day-to-day consultation services to the unit's management 
and its operational staff.  This program calls for 
further development and achievement of many of the 
current program objectives.  Specific assistance will 
address the areas of human resources, to include 
recruitment, selection, vetting and training, 
interviewing techniques, documentation of interviews, 
total case management, investigative databases, 
international networking with war crimes investigators, 
domestic and international law related to war crimes and 
effective coordination and cooperation with non- 
governmental organizations, in order to promote holistic 
support for, and protection of, victims and witnesses. 
The War Crimes Advisor has the important ancillary duty 
to keep the ICITAP SLEA advised as to when/if the embassy 
needs to intervene at a political level to promote and 
sustain the requisite GOS political will for this unit to 
be successful.  Training workshops and material donations 
will be provided to reinforce unit effectiveness in 
identifying and investigating war crimes, apprehending 
fugitive war criminals, and cooperating with 
prosecutorial authorities. The investigative capacity 
initiatives in the War Crimes area will be closely linked 
with those of the Organized Crime Advisor so as to 
promote efficiencies in program offerings. 
      ICITAP's War Crimes program will be coordinated with 
all the USG rule of law entities via the embassy's GIG. 
ICITAP and OPDAT will continue to stress a task force 
mentality in all program activities by promoting the 
sharing of training resources and the inclusion of a 
range of responsible Serbian enforcement staff in classes 
to be offered. Donations will also be designed to be 
complementary to other programs. 
      ICITAP's War Crimes Investigations Service 
 
 
 
initiative continues a process of evaluating/monitoring 
unit staffing, training, equipment, policy and 
performance.  This ongoing review includes communicating 
with unit personnel, prosecutors, investigative 
magistrates, non-governmental organizations, and 
international collaborators (e.g. UNMIK).  The results of 
this ongoing assessment are used to design practical 
skills workshops, identify appropriate material 
donations, and to tailor ongoing expert consultation. 
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Goal: To create and sustain a modern police investigative 
system in Serbia with the capacity to proactively 
identify, investigate, apprehend and meaningfully 
participate in the successful prosecution of those 
responsible for war crimes. 
1) Objective:  Provide ongoing consultation, evaluation 
and assessments of unit capacities in order to propose, 
design and implement appropriate training workshops and 
equipment donations to enhance capacity to effectively 
investigate war crimes cases. 
 
Indicators: 
 
a)    Specific training and consultation assistance will 
address the areas of human resources (recruitment, 
selection, vetting and certification), surveillance, 
undercover operations, informant/cooperative witness 
management, expert testimony, computer crimes, crime 
analysis, electronic interceptions, financial crimes 
and money laundering. 
 
b)    Identify, procure and deliver appropriate 
specialized equipment to facilitate the 
investigation of war crimes cases. 
 
c)    Coordinate the ICITAP War Crimes assistance program 
with relevant USG law enforcement agencies and 
relevant international partners. 
 
d)    In conjunction with OPDAT, promote closer police- 
prosecutor communication and cooperation by 
designing and providing joint police and prosecutor 
training and operational experiences. 
 
e)    Future War Crimes Investigations Service personnel 
acquire specialized training for assignment to the 
unit. 
 
f)    USG donated equipment and training makes a 
significant contribution to three war crimes 
investigations and prosecutions during the program 
year. 
 
g)    An interagency approach to war crimes investigations 
is clearly demonstrated in future cases by the 
deployment of task force investigative groups; a 
minimum of one war crimes case is facilitated as a 
result of new Serbia-EULEX liaison efforts. 
 
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 (E)   SUSTAINABILITY 
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      All ICITAP assistance is focused on the precept of 
creating sustainability.  All workshops include 
individuals who have undergone instructor development 
training and who will be utilized as training by the host 
law enforcement agency. Real-time promotion and 
observation of new skills are emphasized by daily co- 
location of advisors. Lastly, written protocols enabling 
donations spell out the legal obligations of the 
recipient entity as to proper assignment and deployment 
of donated equipment. 
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 (F)  TIMELINE 
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-- 
      This project is multi-year in nature with a phase 
out expected to begin in 2014 or upon Serbia's accession 
into the European Union. 
 
¶6. (SBU) ICITAP PROPOSAL NO. 4 
 
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(A) TITLE/ESTIMATED COST/PRIORITY 
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ICITAP Senior Police Advisor Investigative Training and 
Development Program for Serbia (Anti-Corruption) 
$180,412.17; Priority# 4 out of 4 
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   A National Strategy for Combating Corruption has been 
adopted by Serbia.  The strategy drafting process was one 
of the rare instances of an inter-agency policy 
development process.  The Strategy covered needed pre- 
conditions for a successful fight against corruption, 
analyzed the current situation related to corruption, and 
stipulated broad objectives for a number of Systems and 
Fields, including the: 
 
*    Political system 
*    Judiciary and Police system 
*    Public Administration 
*    Territorial Autonomy 
*    Self-government and Public Services 
*    Public Finance System 
*    Economic System 
*    Participation of Civil Society and the Public in 
Combating Corruption. 
 
   At the time the Strategy was adopted, the government 
also accepted an obligation to draft an Action Plan for 
implementation of the Strategy, which was drafted and 
adopted.  One of the most important tasks set by the 
strategy was the establishment of an independent and 
autonomous anti-corruption body. 
 
   In an effort to better address both corruption within 
the police and corruption in general, the Ministry of 
Interior has established an Internal Control Unit (police 
investigating police), an anti corruption section with 
the Organized Crime Department and has assigned 
investigative police officials to anti-corruption task 
forces established in the four largest cities in Serbia. 
 
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      The ICITAP Senior Police Anti-Corruption Advisor 
will continue to provide day-to-day consultation services 
to the management and operational staff of the Internal 
Control Unit and the Department for Organized Crime Anti- 
Corruption Section.  Specific assistance and training 
will address, but not be limited to, the areas of human 
resources (recruitment, selection, vetting, training and 
certification) surveillance, undercover operations, 
informant/cooperative witness management, expert 
testimony, computer crimes, crime intelligence analysis, 
electronic interception and money laundering.  The Senior 
Police Advisor will continue to assist in implementation 
of Serbia's anti-corruption strategy, and continue to 
assist in developing the capacities of Serbia's police to 
identify, investigate and prepare corruption cases for 
successful prosecution. 
 
      The advisor will continue providing training and 
consultation related to identifying and investigating 
corruption cases, assisting local efforts to conduct 
public corruption investigations, and monitoring attempts 
to subvert or weaken implementation of the anti- 
corruption strategy.  The advisor will continue assessing 
 
 
and addressing specialized areas of need in terms of 
expert advice and specialized equipment for corruption 
investigations, including increasing capacity to conduct 
financial crimes investigations, obtaining specialized 
expertise (such as forensic accountant) and appropriate 
training for police, prosecutors and judges.  Special 
attention will be given by the advisor to corruption 
cases illustrating systemic weaknesses in law and 
governance often revealed during democratic/free market 
transitions (e.g. privatization, procurement, banking & 
electronic fund transfers, and ethics procedures). 
 
      The ICITAP Anti-Corruption Advisor will continue 
coordinating with all USG law enforcement agencies. 
Likewise, major initiatives will be coordinated with key 
international partners (OSCE, EU and bi-laterals). 
 
      This program is designed to work in tandem with a 
comparable OPDAT position, the OPDAT Anti-Corruption 
Legal Advisor.  This unified U.S. Department of Justice 
assistance teamwork will promote closer police-prosecutor 
communication by designing and providing joint training 
and operational experiences to ensure guidelines, goals 
and objectives are linked and accomplished for maximum 
results. 
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Goal: To create and sustain a modern police investigative 
system in Serbia with the capacity to proactively 
identify, investigate, apprehend and meaningfully 
participate in the successful prosecution of those 
responsible for corruption; to improve and enhance the 
competencies, capacities, and capabilities of the police 
to raise the standard of accountability and transparency 
of public officials and the police; resulting in 
fostering trust and improved relations with the citizenry 
of Serbia. 
 
1) Objective: Provide ongoing consultation, evaluation 
and assessments of unit capacities in order to propose, 
design and implement appropriate training workshops and 
equipment donations to enhance capacity to effectively 
investigate corruption cases; improve the MOI's Anti- 
Corruption activities through modern investigative 
methodologies and investigative techniques training. 
 
Indicators: 
a)    50 percent of MOI personnel assigned to various 
anti-corruption investigation operations and support 
trained in interviewing/interrogation, case 
management, surveillance, undercover operations, 
informant/cooperating witness management, expert 
testimony, computer crimes, crime analysis and 
electronic intercepts. 
b)    Eight MOI personnel identified and trained to serve 
as trainers. 
c)    Collect and monitor data on public opinion of the 
police with the aim of seeing an improvement in 
community-police relations by the third year of the 
project. 
d)    Demonstrate an interagency approach clearly 
demonstrated in future cases by the deployment of 
task force investigative groups; a minimum of three 
corruption cases facilitated by police - 
prosecutorial liaison efforts. 
e)    Minimum of 50% "positive impact" ratings from post- 
training impact surveys. 
f)    Improve the MOI's logistical support equipment for 
investigating cases of public and police corruption. 
g)    Provide I-2 Criminal Analysis Software to the 
Analytical Unit of the MOI to support the 
investigations of the ICU, OCD and WCIS. 
h)    Anti-Corruption units make a significant 
contribution to at least three corruption 
investigations and prosecution cases. 
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    All ICITAP assistance is focused on the precept of 
creating sustainability.  All workshops include 
individuals who have undergone instructor development 
training and who will be utilized as training by the host 
law enforcement agency. Real-time promotion and 
observation of new skills are emphasized by daily co- 
location of advisors. Lastly, written protocols enabling 
donations spell out the legal obligations of the 
recipient entity as to proper assignment and deployment 
of donated equipment. 
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 (F)  TIMELINE 
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      This project is multi-year in nature with a phase 
out expected to begin in 2014 or upon Serbia's accession 
into the European Union. 
 
¶7.    Each of ICITAP's four proposed projects would be 
monitored under the same principles. ICITAP works on 
performance management, whether in program planning, 
assessment of participants' views of our training 
efforts, evaluation of effectiveness of our use of 
financial resources, or in some other way.  We collect 
performance data as frequently as circumstances require 
and permit. ICITAP's most common form of performance data 
is the collection of participant's evaluations at the 
conclusion of each of our training courses and study 
visits.  Through these written evaluations, we can obtain 
a picture, quantified to some degree, of the extent to 
which our offerings are considered effective, and the 
ways in which they can be improved. Another area of 
ICITAP performance measures is the co-location of Senior 
Police Advisors in the Ministry of Interior units 
receiving assistance. This allows ongoing daily 
monitoring of police officials work and implementation of 
lessons learned through USG assistance. 
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