The Judicial Academy, in cooperation with the OSCE Mission in Serbia and the Embassy of the United States of America - INL, organized a two-day training on the topic: "Seizure of property resulting from a criminal offense". This two-day seminar was held on October 31 and November 1, 2024 at the Tami Hotel in Nis. This two-day training was attended by public prosecutors from higher and basic prosecutor's offices, members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, representatives from the Directorate for Property Confiscation, as well as judges from higher and basic courts from the territory of the Niš appeal.

  The topics covered in this two-day training were:
-    Presentation of the legal framework;
-    Presentation of the case, facts and evidence;
-    Acquaintance of participants with reports and documentation;
-    Public prosecutor's decisions regarding the report;
-    Acquaintance of participants with documentation;
-    Good practice in handling, implementation of orders in the field;
-    Preparation of requests for temporary confiscation of property;
-    Request for temporary confiscation of property, good practice in handling;
-    First-instance procedure for temporary confiscation of property, standards of proof;
-    Complaints of defendants and third parties;
-    Second instance procedure and standards of proof;
-    Making a decision on appeal;
-    Review of final decision;
-    Request for permanent confiscation of property and final termination of proceedings;
-    First-degree and second-degree permanent confiscation of property;
-    Judgment based on admissions from civil proceedings and lawsuits for the division of extramarital assets.

The lecturers at this two-day training were: Nevenka Važić, retired judge of the Supreme Court of Serbia, Nataša Trninić, public prosecutor for organized crime from the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime, Igor Veljić, police captain from the Financial Investigations Unit of the MUP of the RS, Saša Ivanić, public prosecutor for organized crime from Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime and Vladimir Ćeklić, Assistant Director Directorates for management of confiscated property.