Statement by the Minister of Finance, dr Igor Lukšić, on the occasion of establishing Draft Law on Management of Temporary and Permanently Confiscated Assets

Draft Law on Management on Temporary and Permanently Confiscated Assets was adopted by the Government today; the law which follows up the obligations from the Action plan for enforcing fight against the corruption and organized crime. In this area, the EU experiences were applied. The assets, in this segment, are money, movable items, real estates, valuables, valuable items and other real rights Management of these assets includes their evaluation, storage, safekeeping, return, sale, investing the funds acquired by its sales. The funds acquired by selling permanently confiscated assets shall be, after covering expenses, be paid to the budget and used for capacity strengthening of court and prosecution organs and internal affairs forces.