The Consultative Forum of General and Special Prosecutors of the Western Balkans is taking place in Tirana. The head of SPAK, Altin Dumani, said in his speech that it is not only geography that unites them, but also the fight against corruption.
He underlined that cooperation with Eurojust has yielded tangible results and complex issues have been addressed. Dumani called on other countries in the region to embrace the cooperation model.
" We are not united only by geography but also by the fight against corruption. Criminal groups are interconnected, operations are transnational. More joint investigations, information sharing, a clear mission that geography does not hinder but helps our partnership."
Cooperation with Eurojust, a strategic node for cooperation, through work we handled complex cases by working together. If we take a look at the Eurojust report, SPAK is the prosecution with the highest number of cases opened at Eurojust. In January-May, 10 meetings, 23 investigation teams with the EU and the region, 1 team with Latin America.
At least with the prosecution offices of Montenegro and Kosovo, we have shown that open cooperation and trusting each other makes successful investigations possible. I say that it is a model of cooperation that we have with these three countries that should be embraced by other countries in the region that have not been so cooperative.
SPAK has also paid attention to the execution of requests coming from countries in the region or the EU. The fight against crime and corruption is long and sometimes isolated, when we cooperate with each other it becomes easier. Let's continue the dialogue to reach concrete solutions , "said Dumani.