Zagorka Dolovac, the Republic Public Prosecutor and the Director for Criminal Matters and Pardons of the Ministry of Justice of France, Marie-Suzanne le Queau have signed a Declaration on Co-Operation in Combating Organised Crime between Serbia and France.

A Joint Declaration on Co-Operation in Combating Organised Crime between the Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Serbia and the Directorate for Criminal Matters and Pardons of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of France was signed in Paris.

The declaration was signed by the Republic Public Prosecutor, Zagorka Dolovac and the Director for Criminal Matters and Pardons of the Ministry of Justice of France, Marie-Suzanne le Queau, according to the statement released today by the Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office.

The signing of the Declaration, which immediately entered into force, has enabled the improvement of the efficient co-operation between the public prosecutor’s offices of the Republic of Serbia and France in many ways.

Among them "the establishment of direct contact points with regard to organised crime and other serious types of crimes at the prosecutor’s offices in Serbia and France” particularly stands out.

The declaration was signed yesterday with the support of the French Chief Prosecutor, Mr. Marin, the Head of the Office for Combating Organised Crime, Terrorism and Money Laundering, Philippe de Monjour, and the Head of the European and International Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of France, Eric Maitrepierre.

Dolovac, who is heading the delegation of the Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office, is on a working visit to the judicial and prosecutorial authorities of France.

During the discussions between Dolovac and Jean-Claude Marin, the Chief Prosecutor of the Republic of France at the Supreme Court of Cassation, common priorities in the field of combating all types of crime were confirmed, "particularly regarding organised crime and other serious types of crimes, through intensified co-operation of the competent public prosecutor’s offices of the two amicable countries”, the released statement reads.