DAY 1 – THURSDAY 18 MAY 2006

10h00 – 11h00

Opening remarks:

- Mr. Wilhelm Meier, Ambassador of Switzerland in Serbia and Montenegro

Keynote address:

- Mrs Verica Barac, President, Anti-Corruption Council of Serbia

11h30 – 13h00

- International standards and treaties against bribery and money laundering

Prof. Dr. Mark Pieth, Professor for Criminal Law, University of Basel; President, OECD Working Group on Bribery; President of the Board, Basel Institute on Governance
- Miroslava Milenović, independent expert

A comparative view at anti-corruption efforts in South-Eastern Europe
Dr. Zora Ledergerber, Programme Officer Legal, Basel Institute on Governance

Discussion

13h30 – 15h00

- Areas of particular exposure to corruption in Serbia and Montenegro:

Verica Barać and Milić Milovanović, the Anti-Corruption Council of Serbia

Promoting integrity in the judiciary:

Mr. Jean-Bernard Schmid, Investigating Magistrate, Geneva, Switzerland
- Curbing corruption in public procurement, public licensing and privatisation:

Mr. Mark Carroll, Crown Prosecution Service, United Kingdom

17h10 – 18h40

The link between corruption and organised crime

- Vučko Mirčić, judge for organized crime at the special court for organized crime
- Mr. Mark Carroll, Crown Prosecution Service, United Kingdom
- Dr. Markus Mohler, Former Chief of Police of Basel City; Lecturer of Public Law, University of Basel, Switzerland

Discussion

DAY 2 – FRIDAY 19 MAY 2006

09h00 – 10h30

The legal and institutional anti-money laundering framework

Dr. Zora Ledergerber, Programme Officer Legal, Basel Institute on Governance
- AML programme design and challenges, including how to adopt and manage a risk based approach within a financial institution

- Discussion

11h00 – 12h30

Conducting a successful corruption investigation – techniques, preconditions and stages

Mr. Mark Carroll, Crown Prosecution Service, United Kingdom
- Dr. Markus Mohler, Former Chief of Police of Basel City; Lecturer of Public Law, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Josip Bogic, Office for fight against organized crime: Investigative means of the local police and potential legal and practical barriers to using them

Discussion

14h00 – 15h30

Prosecution and international judicial assistance

- Mr. Jean-Bernard Schmid, Investigating Magistrate, Geneva, Switzerland
- Rada Dičić, judge at the special court for organized crime
- Discussion

16h00 – 17h30 Case studies

- Effective investigation and prosecution of bribery at the example of fictitious case studies on international bribery and corruption in relation to money laundering – work in separate breakout groups

17h30 – 18h15 Way forward

- Co-chairs: Mrs Verica Barac, President, Anti-Corruption Council of Serbia, and
Mr. Wilhelm Meier, Ambassador of Switzerland
Discussion of major gaps in anti-corruption infrastructure of Serbia and Montenegro as identified during the three-day meeting, and definition of a way forward.