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SECI Center is an operational regional organization bringing together police and customs authorities from 13 member countries in Southeast Europe. |
| SECI Center is delivering valuable support to the national customs and law enforcement agencies by offering a trusty environment for information sharing, knowledge development, joint planning and common action in the field of trans-border crime.(learn more) |
BUCHAREST, February 15th - Today, at the Embassy of Poland in Romania, the SECI Center Director Gürbüz Bahadir discussed with H.E. Ambassador Wojdciech Zajaczkowski, about the law enforcement cooperation in the SEE region, as well as about the future of the SECI Center.
BUCHAREST, February 10th - SECI Center Director Gürbüz Bahadir and Head of Legal/ Internal Department Ibrahim Gül welcomed the Ambassador of the United States of America to Bucharest, H.E. Mark Gitenstein. U.S. law enforcement agencies FBI, DEA, and the Department of Justice maintain permanent representation at the SECI Center. The meeting was attended by Justin Weddle, U.S. Legal Advisor.BUCHAREST, February 8th - The SECI Center Director, Gürbüz Bahadir paid a visit to the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bucharest, H.E. Branko Neskovic whom he talked about the importance of good relationships between the member countries and the future of the SECI Center, SELEC.
BUCHAREST, February 5th - The SECI Center Director Gürbüz Bahadir welcomed the Minister of Interior and Sports of Hessa Land, Germany, Volker Bouffier and Romanian State Secretary within the Ministry of Administration and Interior, Marian Tutilescu. The officials discussed about the law enforcement cooperation in the framework of the SECI Center.
New Director of the SECI Center
BUCHAREST, January 14th - From the beginning of 2010, the SECI Center has a new director. Gürbüz Bahadir, the representative of the Republic of Turkey, was elected for a two-year mandate as the organization's director, by the members of the Joint Cooperation Committee, the highest decision body of the SECI Center, at its 31st extraordinary meeting, held in September, 2009, in Thessaloniki, Hellenic Republic. (more) |
In 2004, Operation Flash Hotel started as an investigation initiated by Romania and continued through information exchanges during the preliminary phase of Operation Mirage 2004.
Surveillance measures were implemented focusing on the traffickers and victims in Romania and Turkey.
Through international coordination, with SECI Center support, traffickers were arrested on both sides: 6 arrests were made and more than 20 Romanian victims were identified, 6 of them ( including 1 minor) were assisted by IOM for repatriation.
The investigating officers estimated that the proceeds of the crime are in excess of 1.5 million Euro.
