International Law Enforcement Coordination Unit

Police DirectorateInternational Operational Police

Cooperation DepartmentINTERPOL EUROPOL SELEC

THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER 2013

Legal framework

• The Agreement on the Establishment of the Joint Body for the Development of International Cooperation in Combating Crime (hereinafter the Joint Body) was signed on 10.09.2010 by the Ministers of the Ministries of the Interior, Justice and Finance. This Agreement defines the competence and the composition of the Joint Body. Apart from the aforementioned, this Agreement stipulates that the Joint Body shall be also competent for communication and the exchange of information with the following international institutions: Interpol, Europol, Frontex, Olaf, Sirene Bureau SECI-SELEC, as well as with the Liaison Officers in the area of international police cooperation and the police forces of other countries.

• This Agreement foresees that the expert, technical and administrative tasks of the Joint Body shall be performed by the International Operational Police Cooperation Department of the Police Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia.

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Legal framework• Article 64 of the Law on State Administration stipulates that state authorities shall

establish joint bodies in order to execute tasks whose nature requires participation and cooperation of several state administration authorities. Establishment and work of these bodies shall be prescribed in detail by the regulation of the Government.

• Based on Article 9 of the Agreement on the Establishment of the Joint Body for the Development of the International Cooperation in Combating Crime, concluded in Belgrade on 07.09.2010, between the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance, the Minister of the Interior brought in the Instructions on the Work of the Joint Body for the Development of the International Cooperation in Combating Crime.

Legal framework• The new International Operational Police Cooperation Department was

systematized on the basis of The Rule Book on the Amendments to the Rule Book on Internal Structure and the Systematization of Work Posts within the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia of 08.09.2010. This Department is an independent structural unit within the Police Directorate.

• Law on Criminal Proceedings, Law on Police, Criminal law, etc.• signed cooperation agreements between Serbia and international law

enforcement institutions:The Convention on Establishing of the Southeast European Law Enforcement Centre - SELEC Statute of INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization)

Law ratifying Strategic Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of Serbia andEuropean Police Office ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia" no 38/09)

Other international bilateral and multilateral agreements( please see enclosure 1)

Legal Framework• ILECUs (International Law Enforcement Coordination Units) is a regional project of

the European Union on the establishment оf national units for coordination of international law enforcement cooperation for the Western Balkan countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Through this Project, all member countries of the aforementioned region shall work jointly on combating all forms of organized crime, namely, through efficient procedures, good organization and through presentation of high-quality international standards.

• The core of the Project is the establishment of national coordination units for international law enforcement cooperation in the way which means that there is one centre, i.e. Unit in each country which cooperates with the international organizations such as Interpol, Europol, Eurojust, Frontex, SECI Center (SELEC), OLAF, SIS (Schengen Information System) and SIRENE, liaison officers (national and foreign).

• The ILECUs Project has been started and financed by the European Union from the CARDS funds for 2005. The budget allocated for the implementation of this Project is up to 2,000,000 euro.

• Plese see enclosure MoU of ILECU

Internal organizational structure of the ILECU (nucleus)

International Operational Police Cooperation Department is the nucleus of the ILECU and it comprises the following divisions: Division for Cooperation with Interpol; Division for Cooperation with Europol; Division for Coordination of Other Forms of International Cooperation (SIRENE in plan); Division for Information Management (24/7 duty service).

Criminal Investigations

Unit

Fugitive Unit

Division for Interpol

Division for Europol

Division forInformation

Management

International OperationalPolice Cooperation Department

Division for Coordination ofOther Forms of International

Cooperation

CommunicationUnit

Data ProcessingUnit

Position among other national law enforcement partners

SELECplanned

INTERPOL

EUROPOL

NATIONAL UNIT

Ministry of J us tice

District, Primary and Special CourtsMOI

District Po lice Units

Border Po lice

Unifo rmed po lice

Traffic po lice

Administrative matters

Organized Crime Department

Forensics Department

Min istry o f Finance

Customs

Financial Po lice

TAX Police

Anti money laundering agency

Ministry of health

National bank

Ministry of foreign

affairs

SIRENE

OTHERBILATERAL ANDMULTILATERAL CO-OPERATION

TRACK RECORDS    2011 2012 01.10.2013

  I CO-OPERATION WITH INTERPOL ( see instructions when using INTERPOL database )      

1 Total number of the messages exchanged with the NCBs of foreign countries via INTERPOL channels 53711 49303 35207

2 Number of ILORs (national and foreign ) sent via INTERPOL channels 384 470 290

  Ia Regional co-operation via INTERPOL channels

1а Number of the messages exchanged with Hungary 1492 1375 988

1b Number of the messages exchanged with Romania 1169 1019 679

1c Number of the messages exchanged with Bulgaria 1086 1073 748

1d Number of the messages exchanged with FYROM 1715 1489 1125

1e Number of the messages exchanged with Albania 675 539 289

1f Number of the messages exchanged with Montenegro 3445 3167 1889

1g Number of the messages exchanged with Croatia 3052 2815 2103

1h Number of the messages exchanged with Bosnia and Herzegovina 3088 3320 2155

1i Number of the messages exchanged with Slovenia 2453 2306 1908

  Ib Co-operation with EU countries via INTERPOL channels 

3 Total number of the messages exchanged with EU countries (see the table) 31826 29385 21797

  II CO-OPERATION WITH SELEC      

4 Number of the messages exchanged via SELEC channels through the liaison officers of the Serbian MOI 361 412 100

TRACK RECORDS  III PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERPOL ASF DATABASE BY INSERTING, DELETING AND UPDATING DATA

5 Number of checks on passenger motor vehicles through the ASF database conducted on the occasion of the first request for registration 155746 203226 124606

6 Number of recorded vehicles, reason for the search: subject of criminal offences (lost, stolen vehicles) 3370 2765 2119

7 Number of stolen, lost travel documents inserted in the INTERPOL ASF database 8633 7254 6453

8 Number of international notices issued by NCB of INTERPOL Belgrade, inserted in the INTERPOL ASF database 350 277 149

9 Number of international notices inserted in the national searches database issued by NCBs of foreign countries 4511 3794 4347

10 Number of cancelled international notices in the national searches database issued by NCBs of foreign countries 4016 3340 1995

  IV ARRESTS      

11 Arrests of Serbian nationals abroad based on international notices issued at the request of NCB of INTERPOL Belgrade 114 140 40

12 Arrests of foreign nationals in the Republic of Serbia based on international notices issued at the request of NCBs of foreign countries 87 88 61

  V EXTRADITIONS      

13 Extraditions of Serbian nationals from foreign countries to Serbia 86 66 60

14 Extraditions of foreign nationals from the Republic of Serbia to foreign countries 57 35 45

  VI ESTABLISHING IDENTITIES BASED ON FINGERPRINTS      

15 Number of checks conducted through the AFIS database 1916 2556 1721

16 Number of established identities 879 1163 923

TRACK RECORDSTotal number of the messages exchanged with the NCBs of EU member countries

via INTERPOL channels

  2011 2012 01.01 – 01.10.2013

Austria 3814 3891 3501

Belgium 1061 995 752

Bulgaria 1086 1073 748

Greece 554 483 337

Denmark 591 440 268

Estonia 338 245 180

Ireland 383 280 183

Italy 2637 2789 1581

Cyprus 369 303 211

Latvia 357 256 198

Lithuania 409 280 182

Luxembourg 405 347 268

Hungary 1492 1375 988

Malta 408 314 209

Germany 3606 3556 2871

Poland 520 418 300

Portugal 394 267 240

TRACK RECORDS

Romania 1169 1019 679

Slovakia 723 601 386

Slovenia 2453 2306 1908

UK 709 775 558

Finland 359 259 168

France 1581 1405 1013

Croatia 3052 2815 2013

Holland 762 678 455

Czech Republic 873 645 488

Sweden 1051 991 698

Spain 670 579 414

Total 31826 29385 21797

I247 Siena

MOI and other

national bodies

IntranetDispatch letters

SELECDISPATCH LETTERS

From Abroad

PRINTING

Check in files database

translation

Creating of a new file

Entering of new data in the files database

Selection of the case officer

Is translation necessary?

Does the file already exist?

YES

NO

YES

AR

CH

IVE

Linking up with existing file

Is there any data relevant for the files database?

Taking the file over by the case officer

NOEntering of new data in

the files database

Internal checks

Are additional information needed?

Are external checks needed?

NO

YES

Writing of the reply

WAITING FOR THE REPLY

Is translation necessary?

translation

Is reply necessary?

NO

YES

YES

NO

NO

YESNO

YES

Data protection • National data protection regulations ensure a level of data protection in line with

the Council of Europe Convention 108/1981 and they have been implemented and reflected in internal business procedures of ILECU

• We ratified the Additional Protocol (ETS 181) as well as the amendment to the Convention. New Law on Personal Data Protection was adopted and came in force on 1 January 2009 and it is in compliance with Directive 95/46 EC.

• Other international agreements the regulations of which establish the rules relating to personal data protection within police sector are applied ( see enclosure 1)

• ILECU is complying with the following Principles:• Lawfulness of processing: The ILECU only processes data in accordance with the

applicable national and international legislation and its implementing regulations; and it only processes data which have been collected legally.

• Purpose of processing: The ILECU only processes data for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes.

• Purpose of transmission: Data are only transmitted by the ILECU if this is necessary in individual cases for the purpose of preventing or combating criminal offences

• Quality of data: The ILECU processes data if they are accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.

Data protection• Proportionality: The data are adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the

purpose for which they are collected, transferred or processed further.• Time limits: Data processed for any purpose or purposes are not kept longer than it is

necessary for that purpose or purposes.• Data security: The ILECU should implement technical and organizational security

measures that are appropriate to the risks presented by the processing of data (Yes- during the implementation phase).

• Supervisory authority: The ILECU is subject to regular review and supervision from the competent national data protection authority.

• Staff members of the ILECU are provided with training on data protection regulations and their practical application( ongoing process).

• ILECU have adopted rules on physical security in accordance with the national law and binding requirements of the international cooperation partners. (N.B. Rules on protection have been adopted and it is necessary to raise the level of security in the restricted area).

• ILECU have adopted rules on ICT security in accordance with the national law and binding requirements of the international cooperation partners (N.B. International Operational Police Cooperation Department has its internal network which is protected and secured. Furthermore, the MOI Intranet network is internal and there are elaborated systems of protection).

Measures: Normative harmonisation • Serbia has identified the main challenges in the implementation of the Acquis

Communautaire on police cooperation. There is partial alignment. • Special attention and capacities will be focused on the implementation of the

Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (Prüm Decision) and the Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA on simplifying the exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of the Member States of the European Union (Swedish Initiative).

• The need for setting up a SIRENE bureau within the International Operational Police Cooperation Department for the purpose of information exchange and the statistics with a view to meeting the commitment to exchange information with other Member States 24/7 has also been identified.

• Comprehensive analysis of needs with regard to legal, technical, staff and infrastructure requirements and their costs with a view to harmonization with the relevant parts of the Schengen acquis until the accession to the EU as well as with a view to the admission to Schengen.

• The conclusion of the Agreement on Operational Cooperation with Europol is expected to take place soon.

Measures: Strengthening the institutional and administrative framework

• The analysis of the current state with regard to the necessary resources for efficient international police cooperation:

Equipment (computer and communication equipment)Human resources (analysis of needs for increasing the number of employees,

analysis of needs for trainings)Training of officers in international police cooperation in relation to: Use of Europol databases Introduction of new information exchange systems (SIS, Prüm) Standards of personal data protection and confidentiality of data Work with Europol Analytical Work Files Access to the Schengen Information System and gradual filling of work posts within the SIRENE Bureau Foreign languages

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