Narcotics offenses

On February 18, 2020, the Academy of Justice in the framework of the Continuous Training Program (CTP) conducted a training on: “Narcotics offenses”.

The purpose of this training was to enhance the knowledge of participants about the legal infrastructure for combating narcotics offenses, the forms or actions to be taken for investigating and adjudicating these offenses, as well as the problems that arise in practice during the effective implementation of the relevant mechanisms.

This training addresses narcotic offenses that are among the most common crimes in daily life, and which damge the healthy development of society. During this training it was emphasized that the criminal offenses of narcotics as a form of criminality are manifested in various forms such as: unauthorized purchase, possession, distribution and sale of narcotics, psychotropic and analogous substances. Further the subject of treatment and discussion were also the unauthorized production and processing of narcotics, psychotropic substances, analogues or tools, equipment or narcotic materials.

Special attention was undoubtedly paid to the case law, with particular emphasis on delays in the determination of the type of narcotics by experts, which has a direct impact on the efficiency of the investigation and adjudication of these offenses.

Beneficiaries of this training were basic level judges and prosecutors from all regions of Kosovo.