On 23 and 24 March, the OSCE facilitated the third gathering for representatives of asset management agencies and civil society from South-Eastern Europe to discuss the progress on establishing procedures for the re-use of confiscated criminal assets for social purposes.
Re-using assets confiscated from organized crime and corruption to prevent crime prevention, recompense victims and contribute to the good of the general is a practice that is gaining in importance in many participating States. Event participants benefited from the experience in the European Union, as representatives from the French Asset Recovery and Asset Management Office and the Romanian National Agency for the Management of Seized Assets presented their countries' path in regulating re-use mechanisms and related good practices.
During the second day of the workshop, participants worked in groups to discuss feasible action points that would allow them to enhance the joint efforts in re-using criminal assets in a transparent and regulated manner.
