Story :: Brief history :: About SECI

April 15, 1998, Geneva – the SECI Agenda Committee approved the Romanian delegation’s proposal project “Prevention and Combating Trans-border Crime” as part of the Trade and Transport Facilitation Program.

May 26, 1999 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania and Turkey signed the Agreement on Cooperation to Prevent and Combat Trans-border Crime. Croatia signed the document on November 13, 1999 and Slovenia has acceded to the SECI Agreement on August 29, 2000.
February 1, 2000, the SECI Agreement has entered into force. All the signatory states have ratified the SECI Agreement, which has as enclosed part the Charter of Organization and Operation of the SECI Center.
October 2, 2000, Romania and the SECI Center signed the Head Quarters Agreement between the SECI Center and Romania, which has entered into force on April 4, 2001.

February 11-12, 2000 took place the first meeting of the Joint Cooperation Committee (the highest body of the SECI Center)
November 1, 2000 the SECI Center has been become operational

May 15-17, 2000 has been set-up the Task Force on Illegal Human Beings Trafficking
July 24-25, 2000 has been organized the first meeting of the Task Force on Illegal Drugs Trafficking
February 19-20, 2001 has been created the Task Force on Commercial Fraud