E2025/006/EXB CEPOL Exchange-bite on Forensic Document Examination, Document Fraud and Fugitive Active Search Teams (FAST)

OBJECTIVES

The aim of this training is to share experiences and knowledge gained through the CEPOL Exchange Programme conducted in the field of target searching methods from Montenegro and Luxembourg. It will also focus on Forensic Document Examination between Türkiye and Spain.

The session will highlight the workflows, legal basis methods, equipment, operational methods and comparative approaches observed in both countries through international police cooperation and professional expertise. It will also highlight the laboratory practices and comparative approaches observed in both countries, focusing on the enhancement of international cooperation and professional expertise in forensic document examination.

By the end of this webinar, the audience will be able to:

• Identify a case which can be subject of target search and understand FAST network;
• Meet the legal basis and operational methods for target searching in both countries;
• Understand information from international police cooperation and work on filed methods in Montenegro and Luxembourg;
• Understand the tools, equipment, and methods used in both countries for target searching;
• Identify and compare the techniques used in forensic document examinations in Türkiye and Spain, including both common and differing practices;
• Compare the laboratory workflows and operational procedures applied in both countries;
• Recognise the current forgery trends and typologies observed in Türkiye and Spain;
• Understand the tools, equipment, and methods used in both countries to combat document forgery.

TARGET GROUP

European Law Enforcement Officials who are Fugitive Active Search Team members and other police officers who work on searching cases and forensic document examiners, law enforcement officials, forensic scientists and officers dealing with immigration and travel documents.

PROGRAMME

1. Welcome and Housekeeping rules by CEPOL
2. Presentation by Mr. Aleksandar LEKIC
3. Presentation by Mr. Ben CLAUS
4. General Comparison and Evaluation (1st pair of counterparts)
5. Presentation by Mr. Ahmet KÜNER
6. General Comparison and Evaluation (2nd pair of counterparts)
7. Questions & Answers
8. Closure