Centre for Monitoring and Research CeMI, held the second seminar for judicial office holders, from 4th to 6th of December at Hotel “Lipka” in Kolasin, Montenegro. The seminar was organized within the project “Strengthening Investigation and Prosecution Capacities – Use of Bargaining Instruments for the Efficient Investigation”, supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands through MATRA Programme. The project aims to contribute efficiency of the judicial system in Montenegro by strengthening capacities of judges, prosecutors and lawyers to implement the institute of plea agreement and deferred prosecutions, through acquiring new theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of comparative legal systems.

Speakers at the second seminar were Deputy Director of USKOK, Mr. Tonći Petković and Mr. Sven Mišković. In addition to presenting the basic characteristics of the criminal justice system in Croatia, participants were acquainted with basic methods of USKOK work. Throughout numerous case studies presented, participants exchanged opinions on the basic shortcomings of the criminal systems in Montenegro and Croatia.