Even if the technical conception of the automated information system “Register of Confiscated Crime Assets” was approved in January, this hasn’t yet become functional. The Assets Recovery Agency said it is now looking for financial resources for completing the implementation process and plans to make the register available towards the end of this year.

In a response for IPN, the Agency says that the approval of the conception and regulations concerning the keeping of the Register will be followed by the putting of the system into practice by designing and purchasing specialized software. Under the technical conception, the automated information system “Register of Confiscated Crime Assets” consists of a number of modules that can be acquired and developed gradually.

“As the financial assistance in designing the conception was provided within the common EU-CoE project “Controlling Corruption through Law Enforcement and Prevention”, which was already completed, the Agency is taking measures to identity other sources for finishing the process of implementing the system,” said the Agency. The necessary budget will be calculated depending on the volume and technical parameters specified by the future developer.

The Government Decision on the approval of the conception says the confiscated crime assets are now monitored through electronic documents and this implies multiple risks. It is hard to keep a record of the performed procedures. In the absence of an automated information system, the Agency’s employees encounter difficulties in coordinating the activities of working groups and in meeting the investigation completion deadlines.

The automated information system “Register of Confiscated Crime Assets” is owned by the state. The Assets Recovery Agency of the National Anticorruption Center will run the system and is to ensure the legal, organizational and financial conditions for creating and keeping it.

Data for the Register are supplied by the Assets Recovery Agency, prosecutors, bailiffs, the State Tax Service and courts of law. Also, these data can be used by prosecutors, bailiffs, the State Tax Service, courts of law, the Ministry of Finance and the Security and Intelligence Service.