As part of the Project to support Serbia in achieving the goals of Chapter 24: Justice, Freedom and Security, financed by the European Commission, a two-day workshop on the topic: "Trends in high-tech crime" was held on September 16 and 17, 2024 in Belgrade at the "Mažestik" hotel. : electronic evidence, cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence", with the specific aim of improving the skills of holders of judicial functions (judges and public prosecutors) for investigations, prosecutions and trials in complex high-tech crime cases based on best practices and experiences in international legal systems.

The topics covered were:
- Technologies behind modern Internet-enabled crime (blockchain technology, distributed ledger technology) and links to criminal activities: online fraud, money laundering, tax crime, etc.
- Obtaining electronic evidence. Voluntary cooperation with service providers
- International instruments for electronic evidence
- Adoption of data. The limitations derive from the case law of the ECHR and the CJEU
- Removal of content from service providers
 - Cryptocurrencies and money laundering
- Artificial intelligence and its connection with criminal law enforcement (facial recognition, dip fake, etc.), and the use of algorithms in criminal justice
- Practical cases
 
The lecturers were:

• Bojana Paunović, judge of the Supreme Court of Serbia.
• Boris Majlat, public prosecutor, head of the special department of the Prosecutor's Office for high-tech crime.
• José Manuel Sánchez Siscart, Senior Judge of the High Court of Justice of Navarre (Spain), Civil and Criminal Chamber, and Member of the European Judicial Network to Combat Cybercrime (2016-2024).
• Aleksandr Casadevall Portal, public prosecutor, specialized in cybercrime and international cooperation.
• Fernando Fernandez Lazaro, Police Commissioner from the National Police, Head of the Technology Development Department.
• Vincenzo di Piazza, Lieutenant Colonel of the Italian Polizia di Stato - Deputy Chief of the Cyber ​​Security Operations Center for Western Sicily.
• Biaggio Crisci, Major of the Italian Guardia di Finanza - Section Commander in the Special Unit for Technology Fraud and Privacy Protection (Italy)

 
The moderators of the workshop were Mrs. Marta Pizarro Maio (expert for judicial and prosecutorial issues on the project) and Mr. Alfredo Saviano (expert on serious and organized crime on the project).