The Southeast European Prosecutors Advisory Group is an international mechanism of judicial cooperation, formed by the countries of the SEE region with an express intention of facilitating judicial cooperation in significant trans-border crime investigations and cases.
The Southeast European Prosecutors Advisory Group is functioning under SELEC umbrella, having the same member states, namely Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Bulgaria, Hellenic Republic, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Republic of Serbia, and Republic of Türkiye.
The SEEPAG was constituted by the Declaration of the prosecutor representatives of the first meeting of the South East European Prosecutors Advisory Group on 11-12, December 2003, in Belgrade.
The adoption of SEEPAG’s basic document in 2005, the General Guidelines of the Southeast European Prosecutors Advisory Group, resulted in institutionalizing of the SEEPAG as an international mechanism.
SEEPAG enhances the cooperation and coordination between national investigating and prosecuting authorities allowing all law enforcement agencies to act more effectively when dealing with transborder crime and more importantly to bring faster criminals to justice.
SEEPAG is a network of experienced prosecutors who assist SELEC in operational matters and facilitate the rapid exchange of information and evidence in transborder investigations.
This network consists in National Prosecutorial Focal Points established in each member state with the task of facilitating judicial cooperation between states participating in the SEEPAG, as well as providing assistance to the SELEC operations.
By linking together a network of experienced prosecutors, SEEPAG seeks to fill in a critical gap in the region by promoting the timely exchange of information and evidence, whether through the proper execution of mutual legal assistance requests, or through more informal channels of communication.
The SEEPAG’s function is also to provide guidance, assistance and feed-back to lawmakers in the region, on justice and law enforcement issues.