Andrea D’Angelo (President of SAFE) and Alessandro D’Autillio (Junior Associate at SAFE), as part of the BAMIN Secretariat, supported the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) Steering Group meeting which took place in Tirana on the 12th and 13th of February 2020. The event was hosted by the Albanian Agency for Seized and Confiscated Assets.
The SG Meeting was opened with Bosnia and Herzegovina handing over the presidency of BAMIN to Montenegro. The Steering Group comprises the previous (Bosnia and Herzegovina), current (Montenegro), and next year’s presidency (Albania), takes key decisions on BAMIN’s priorities and work programme.
At its sixth year of life, the Network is still growing and willing to include new members. As emerged from the meeting, the key topics for the year are the expansion of the Network’s membership, developing new activities for 2020, including mentorship and joint training. Furthermore, considering the recognised importance of Asset Management within the Asset Recovery process, BAMIN’s involvement in the Global Asset Recovery network is deemed necessary.
BAMIN is now entering a new stage of growth with the OSCE supporting the Network through the extra-budgetary project “Strengthening the fight against transnational crime in South-Eastern Europe through improved regional co-operation in asset seizure, confiscation, management and re-use”.
Ready to step forward, SAFE is already working on the organization of the next SG Meeting and Annual General Meeting to be held in Montenegro in June!