Amicus Legal Consultants, along with a number of other experts and trainers, policy makers and practitioners, was invited to CoE Roundtable discussions on ‘Cooperation Activities against Economic Crime: tools, impact and lessons learnt’.
The aim of the Roundtable was to examine existing challenges in the CoE project activities across 3 main themes:
- CoE standards in respect of economic crimes (anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, terrorism financing, tax and fiscal offences);
- Asset recovery frameworks;
- International co-operation in asset recovery.
Over the 2 days, the delegates were divided into 3 groups and Amicus Legal Consultants were asked to provide a lead on the international co-operation discussions. The delegates worked through the legislative, technical and operational frameworks available to Member States, the challenges for CoE projects within Member States and identify ways forward.
The expected result would be an indicative advisory report on the lessons identified, mitigating identified shortcomings and the way forward for the Council of Europe action and cooperation against economic crime.