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• International conference: Shaping a Common Security Agenda in SEE - 5-6 September, 2003, Sofia
  


• Round Table: The Gray Economy in Bulgaria – Recent Trends - 23 July, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Lecture by Piritta Sorsa: Economic Challenges to Bulgaria - 17 July, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Lecture by Roderick Moore: US Policy Toward Bulgaria in the Aftermath of 9/11 - a Deepening Partnership - 27 June, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table: Institutional Reform and Corruption in Security and Public Services: Norway's Experience - June 19, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table: The Governance of Internal Security: the European Dimension - June 16, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table: Targeting the Economy of Crime: How to Infuse Momentum in Anti-Corruption Reforms - 27 May, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• A Bulgarian National Program to Implement Arms Expert Controls and Combat Small Arms Proliferation - 14 May, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table: Corruption, Organized Crime and Security Sector Reform in Bulgaria - 24 April , 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table: Export Control on Small Arms and Light Weapons in Bulgaria - 28 March, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table: Independent Agency for Combating Corruption: Romanian Experience - 28 March, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table: Public-private Partnership in Preventing Drug Abuse and Trafficking - 14 March, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Public Lecture: New Trends and Developments in Fighting Organized Crime - 21 February, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table: Dumping Practices, Contraband and Corruption: Challenges and Solutions - 28 February, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table: Establishing a National Agency for Combating Corruption: Pro and Contra - 25 February, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Public Lecture: Fighting International Organized Crime: from Co-operation to Collaboration and Co-ordinatio - 6 February, 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• International Conference on Informal Economy and Trans-Border Crime, 29 and 30 November, 2002, Sofia (also in Bulgarian)


• Round Table Discussion on the Draft Law on Forfeiture to the State of Any Property Acquired by Criminal Activity, October 1, 2002, Sofia (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Human Trafficking in SEE: the Case of Bulgaria, September 23, 2002, Sofia (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table Discussion on the Draft Law on the Forfeiture to the State of Any Property Acquired by Criminal Activity, September 10, 2002, Sofia (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Regional Policy Forum: International Cooperation in Countering Terrorism, June 27, 2002, Sofia (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Public Discussion on the Draft Law on Measures against Financing of Terrorism, May 14, 2002, Sofia (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Public Lecture of the UK Anti-Drugs Coordinator, April 26, 2002, Sofia (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Round Table on Informal Economy in the EU Accession Countries: Size, Scope, Trends and Challenges to the Process of EU Enlargement, Sofia, April 18-19, 2002 (also in Bulgarian)


• Regional Conference: Institutionalizing the Prevention of Corruption in Security Forces: Enhancing Preventive Structures
  


• International Conference: Beyond Anti-Corruption Rhetoric: Coalition Building and Monitoring Impact, March 23-24 2001 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• International Conference: Corruption within Security Forces: a Threat to National Security, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, May 2001 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Conference on European Cooperation for Prevention and Fight Against Organized Crime, Bucharest, June 26-27, 2001 (also in Bulgarian)
  

• The Informal Economy in the EU Accession Countries (in Bulgarian only)
  


• Corruption and Anticorruption (in Bulgarian only)


• Corruption and Trafficking: Monitoring and Prevention(also in Bulgarian)
  


• Corruption Assessment Report - 2002 (also in Bulgarian)
  
• Corruption, Trafficking and Institutional Reform. Prevention of Cross-Border Crime in Bulgaria (2001-2002) (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Smuggling in Southeast Europe. The Yugoslav Wars and the Development of Regional Criminal Networks in the Balkans (also in Bulgarian)
  


• ANTI-CORRUPTION IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE: FIRST STEPS AND POLICIES
  

• Economy of Crime and Anticorruption Reforms - Discussion Topics, May 2003 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• The Grey Market of IT Products, a study of KPMG and the Anti-Gray Market Alliance



• Organized Crime, Corruption and Illicit Arms Trafficking in an Enlarged EU, by Ian Davis, Chrissie Hirst and Bernardo Mariani
  


• Information Society Services in Southeastern Europe as a Means for Money Laundering, by Androniki Tzivanaki



• The Challenge of Organized Crime to State Sovereignty in the Balkans: A Historical Perspective, by Sappho Xenakis
  


• Crime, Corruption and the Failure of Economic Reform: The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina, by Robin Skulrak
  


• The Economy of Crime - Discussion Topics, November 2002 (also in Bulgarian)
  


• Crime Proofing and Threat Assessment, by Prof. Dr. Tom Van Beken, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy(Brussels, 30 October 2002)
  


• Balkans 2010 - Report of an Independent Task Force Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations Center for Preventive Action
  


• Organized Crime and Illegal Markets, by Gianluca Fiorentini, University of Bologna
  


• Security at the Fault Line: Security in Central and Southeastern Europe, NATO Defense College (Rome, 2001)
  


• The Impact of the Concept of Innere Fuhrung (moral military leadership) on Character and Understanding of Duty for Professional Armed Forces, by Theodor Hoges, Legal Instructor, Center of Civic Education, Leadership and Development
  German Armed Forces
  


• Internal Control Mechanisms to Prevent Corruption within Security Forces (see the Powerpoint presentation), by Werner Ballreich, Special Investigations Department, Federal Armed Forces of Germany
  


• Organization of MSS Activities for the Prevention of Corruption in the Ministry of Defence and the Bulgarian Armed Force (see the Powerpoint presentation), by Lt.Col. Nikolay Yordanov, Security Service, Ministry of Defense, Bulgaria


• Working With Local NGO’s: SELDI and Other Initiatives, by Boyko Todorov, SELDI Coordinator, Center for the Study of Democracy
  


• Internal Control Mechanisms To Prevent Corruption Within Security Forces: Structures Within The Forces, by Dr. Maria Yordanova, Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia, Bulgaria
  


• Interagency Cooperation - Effective Tool to the Way of Curbing Corruption - Bulgarian Experience, by Galentin Georgiev, Former Chief of Staff to Minister of Interior, Bulgaria
  


• Monitoring of Illegal Trafficking, by Tihomir Bezlov, Senior Analyst, CSD
  


• Follow-The-Money Methods In Crime Control Policy, by R.T. Naylor, Professor of Economics, McGill University, A study prepared for the Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption, York University, Toronto, December, 1999
  


• Council of Europe Standards and Activities in the Field of Organised Crime and Money Laundering, by Sabrina Adamoli, June 1998

Legal Acts and Program Documents

• National Anti-Drugs Strategy 2002-2007 (in Bulgarian only)
  


• Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Act
  


• Law on Measures against Financing of Terrorism
  


• Comments on the Draft Law by the US Treasury Department and the US Department of Justice
  


• Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime, CoE
  


• European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, CoE
  


• Agreement on Illicit Traffic by Sea, Implementing Article 17 of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (ETS no. 156)
  


• Recommendation Rec(2001)11 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States Concerning Guiding Principles on the Fight against Organised Crime
  


• The International Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
  


• Conventions against Terrorism, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention

Press articles

Country report: Bulgaria
Once a transit country, Bulgaria is now a sex slave destination
By David Binder, MSNBC

Partner organizations

• Ministry of Interior of Republic of Bulgaria
  


• Academy of Ministry of Interior
  


• Military Academy "G. S. Rakovski"
  


• George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
  


• The German Marshall Fund of the United States
  


• United States Agency for International Development
  


• British Embassy to Bulgaria