The Judicial Academy, in cooperation with the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA) from Luxembourg, on October 24 and 25 in Belgrade, organized a two-day regional conference on the topic "Court proceedings against financial crime: prevention of money laundering and the fight against fraud in the EU ''. The regional conference brought together 21 participants from Serbia and Montenegro.

The regional conference was opened by the director of the Judicial Academy Nenad Vujić and lecturers Claudio Matera, Carlos Santalo Goris and Panagiotis Zinonos. On that occasion, the director of the Judicial Academy, Nenad Vujić, welcomed the lecturers from Luxembourg and the participants from Montenegro and Serbia. He also pointed out that the multi-year cooperation between the Judicial Academy and the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) from Luxembourg is very important, especially because of the growing importance of EU law for candidate countries. The importance of the application of EU legal instruments is great, as is the understanding of the basic concepts related to money laundering, as well as the identification of institutions, organizations and actors involved in the fight against money laundering, the fight against terrorism and the fight against corruption.

The key topics covered at the regional conference were:
• Financial crime
• The fight against money laundering and the fight against terrorism - overview of the legal and political context; specific legal instruments of EU law
• Fight against corruption: EU action plan for the fight against corruption
• Protection of EU financial interests
• European Agency for Combating Money Laundering
• Proceedings of money laundering and terrorist financing across the EU: substantive review and analysis of case law

The lecturers at the regional conference were:
- Claudio Matera, Director of EIPA in Luxembourg and lecturer
- Carlos Santalo Goris, lecturer
- Panagiotis Zinonos, lecturer