(ANSA) - SKOPJE (MACEDONIA) - Summit between Macedonian Interior
Minister Oliver Spasovski and Project manager of IPA Balcani
2013, Prefect Annapaola Porzio. The meeting took place on the
eve of the closing of the first phase of the project that will
take place in Trieste on 24 October.
The meeting, which was attended by the Italian ambassador to
Skopje Carlo Romeo, focused in particular on the anti-corruption
program of the new Macedonian government and the results of the
IPA 2013 Western Balkans project in Macedonia.
The project, which was started in July 2014, has a strong focus
on cooperation between the Italian police and their counterpart
in the Balkan countries. The plan envisaged joint training
actions in addition to collaboration in investigation activities
on subjects of common interest, such as the fight against
organised crime, trafficking in drugs, arms and human beings,
terrorism terrorism and financial crimes.
''I am very pleased with the results obtained so far - said the
Prefect Porzio - and above all the fact that in recent years we
have been able to work together with the police of the 6
countries, all committed to creating a team. A heritage of men
and knowledge that will remain in the future and will also be a
good starting point for co-operation between the countries on
these matters''. Among the results from the project are: three
investigations awarded as the best ones by SELEC South East
European Law Enforcement Centre in Bucharest; numerous
'significant' arrests, including some fugitives. Moreover, a
huge number of confiscated goods and many seizures of arms and
drugs. (ANSA).
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