Sarajevo, 19 April 2012 – A joint exercise on the cross border surveillance carried out by police practitioners of the Directorate, SIPA, Border Police and Federal Administration of Police in cooperation with Ministry of Internal Affairs of Austria, Montenegro and Secretariat for Convention on Police Cooperation in South East Europe which started yesterday at the International Airport Sarajevo ended today in Montenegro.
The Directorate was in charge of coordinating the work of the BiH law enforcement agencies in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Austria and Montenegro, while operational and technical surveillance on the ground was carried out by the SIPA, Border Police and FAoP units for operational and technical support. The whole endeavour was supervised by the BiH State Prosecutor.
The exercise was used to demonstrate readiness of BiH law enforcement and the State Prosecutor’s Office for full implementation of the Convention on Police Cooperation in the South East Europe and readiness for joint participation in the fight against the most severe forms of crime. The Secretariat of Convention assessed the exercise as extremely successful.
The special importance of this exercise is reflected in the fact that its successful implementation gives a great contribution to improvement of cooperation of law enforcement agencies in BIH with the law enforcement of the countries signatories of the Convention. The special emphasis was placed on the efficient exchange of data and implementation of measures aimed at documenting cases against organised crime groups which operate at the international level.