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The Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument (TAIEX) of the Directorate-General Enlargement of the European Commission and the European Public Law Center (EPLC) co-organized a seminar on “Combating Terrorism, Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism” on 10 and 11 June 2010 in Vienna.
Fifty-three (53) public officials from the Ministries of Finance, Justice, Interior, as well as the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Agencies of the Western Balkan countries and Turkey participated in the event, while speakers included experts from several EU Member States (MS), namely, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The seminar aimed at strengthening the capacities of the civil servants of potential and candidate countries (i.e. Western Balkan countries and Turkey) in the field of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism through the sharing of the experiences and best practices of EU MS in the field, hence contributing to the alignment of potential and candidate countries with the acquis communautaire.
Click here for the seminar’s program   
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The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Twinning Project “Support to Turkey’s Capacity in Combating Illegal Migration and Establishment of Removal Centers for Illegal Migrants” took place in Ankara on 4 June 2010. The meeting involved the planning, coordination and assessment of the project’s activities. The project aims at contributing to the reform of the overall system for controlling illegal migration in line with the EU standards and best practices, and in particular strengthening the institutional capacity of Turkey in the field of detention and repatriation through the introduction of standards for Turkey’s legislative and administrative alignment to the EU acquis. On the side of EU Member States, the UK Border Agency, the EPLC and the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Netherlands are implementing the 18-month project, in cooperation with Turkish Ministry of Interior, Department of Foreigners, Borders and Asylum of the General Directorate of Security, which is the beneficiary institution.
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