Intelligence gathering focus of OSCE Mission to Montenegro-supported workshop

Enhancing specialized crime units’ skills in information gathering as a prerequisite to investigating serious and organized crime, was the focus of a workshop the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Criminal Intelligence Division within the Montenegrin Police Directorate organized on 8 and 9 November 2021 in Podgorica.

Stephen Harmon, the Mission’s Acting Programme Manager for Security Co-operation and Governance, said that human intelligence and recognizing the use of informants as methods in intelligence-led policing can provide agencies with opportunities for gathering in-depth information on structure, activities and persons involved in criminal activities.

Ivan Jokić, Head of the Criminal Intelligence Unit, thanked the Mission for its support and continued promotion of the intelligence-led policing approach in Montenegro.

This event was part of the Mission’s efforts to strengthen the capacity and effectiveness of Montenegrin institutions to prevent and combat serious and organized crime, support the implementation of a national serious and organized crime threat assessment and facilitate exchange of operational data between Montenegrin law enforcement units.