Budapest Process - 4 Meeting of the Community of Law Enforcement Practitioners Date: 5-6 October 2023

Officers from the following countries attended this meeting of COLEP: Bangladesh, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Pakistan and Serbia The meeting was opened by the co-chairs of COLEP, Iraq and Bulgaria and a short summary of the outcomes of the prior three meetings was presented by the Budapest Process Secretariat. [...] As a result of the first session of the meeting - case study presentations - the following key findings emerged (outlined in the form of good practices and lessons learned). [...] o Dilemma: should the officer respond to the humanitarian needs of the victims or work on the crime scene /investigative element? Answer: the law enforcement officer should work on the crime scene while the other services (medical, etc.) can work on the humanitarian needs of victims. [...] Ensure levels of awareness and training required to ensure correct identification and responses to particular situations; translators/interpreters should be ready to arrive on the scene to support with the initial evidence gathering and investigation procedures. [...] Conclusions and Next Steps ➢ Participants found this workshop to be a valuable exercise in mapping knowledge and awareness of investigative, prosecutive and other actions against SoM and THB, thereby fulfilling the purpose of the workshop.