Increasing the efficiency of assets recovery and management

Project completed
The project aims to improve the capacities of Romanian authorities in asset recovery and management of proceeds of crime. To achieve this objective, a centralized database will be set up to track all assets and a comparative study on EU and international best practices on the management system of the confiscated assets will be elaborated.

Country/region	Topic	Period	Budget
Romania	Enhanced security and safety	01.03.2016 - 30.09.2019	CHF 736’118

The project in brief

Target groups	Office for Crime Prévention and Cooperation for Assets Recovery personnel, judges, prosecutors, police officers, financial officers
Activities	In the first component, the project will produce a comparative study on EU and international best practices on the management system of the confiscated assets with recommendations for the Romanian authorities The activities of the second component are built around the development of a database and the procurement of the necessary equipment to make use of this database to the target group of the project.
Results	Achieved results: Due to 2 failed procurement procedures the project could not be fully implemented. Details will follow shortly.
Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Swiss Contribution to the enlarged EU
Project partners	Contract partner Private sector Swiss Private Sector Other partners Executing Agency: Ministry of Justice (Office for the Crime Prévention and Cooperation for Assets Recovery), Swiss partnership: Basel Institute on Governance
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF 736’118 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 0
Project phases	Phase 22 01.10.2017 - 31.08.2019 (Completed) Phase 21 01.03.2016 - 30.09.2018 (Completed) Phase 20 01.03.2016 - 30.09.2019 (Completed) Phase 19 02.05.2016 - 28.02.2019 (Completed) Phase 18 01.09.2014 - 30.06.2017 (Completed) Phase 17 14.11.2014 - 31.08.2018 (Completed) Phase 16 01.02.2014 - 31.07.2015 (Completed) Phase 15 01.09.2014 - 28.02.2019 (Completed) Phase 14 01.03.2013 - 30.06.2018 (Completed) Phase 13 01.03.2013 - 30.11.2015 (Completed) Phase 12 01.11.2012 - 30.06.2018 (Completed) Phase 11 01.04.2012 - 31.03.2013 (Completed) Phase 10 01.04.2012 - 30.06.2017 (Completed) Phase 9 01.04.2012 - 15.06.2014 (Completed) Phase 8 01.03.2012 - 31.03.2018 (Completed) Phase 7 01.03.2012 - 31.08.2013 (Completed) Phase 6 01.03.2012 - 15.11.2014 (Completed) Phase 5 01.03.2012 - 30.06.2018 (Completed) Phase 4 01.03.2012 - 30.09.2019 (Completed) Phase 3 01.03.2012 - 30.07.2015 (Completed) Phase 2 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2017 (Completed)