Mission
We assemble the power of 13 nations' law enforcement agencies and add the value of experts, thus building together a strong weapon against criminality. We commit ourselves to sustain the Southeast European countries' declared war against organized crime and to strengthen the law enforcement capabilities for countering organized crime.
Advantages of the SECI Center
- Uniqueness - The SECI Center is the only international law enforcement organization which brings together police and customs representatives
- Efficiency - The 13 member countries representatives meet each other daily in the same working place
- Competence - The use of SECI Center speeds up the exchange of information process. Statistics prove that the time is reduced up to 80 percents than in bilateral cases
- Facility - The SECI Agreement ensures the necessary legal framework for all types of cooperation in the law enforcement area
- Cooperation -The SECI Center works as a platform for experience sharing and common trainings
- Expertise - The member countries take advantages of the SECI Center's know-how on countering organized crime in the South-east Europe
- Security - The SECI Center's communication system is a fast, high encrypted and cost-effective communication tool
- Assistance - The SECI Center provides logistical support for joint investigations.
Objectives:
- Setting-up a mechanism based on enhanced law enforcement cooperation at national level to be used by the Parties in order to assist one each other, in preventing detecting, investigating, prosecuting and repressing trans-border crime.
- Support the field activities of the law enforcement officers
- Provide assistance to the Parties in order to harmonize their law enforcement legislation in respect to the EU requirements.
- Support national efforts in order to improve domestic cooperation between law enforcement agencies.
- Support the specialized "Task Forces":
TF on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling
Anti Drugs Trafficking TF
Anti Fraud and Anti Smuggling TF
Financial and Computer Crime TF
TF on Stolen Vehicles
Anti Terrorism TF
Container Security TF
Environmental Crimes TF
