1. CARIN CAMDEN ASSET RECOVERY INTER AGENCY NETWORK
Saskia de Vries, seconded prosecutor to the IPA 2010 project Fight against organised crime and corruption: Strenghtening the Prosecutors' Network

2. The story of CARIN
Result of a conference on the topic of proceeds of crime in Camden hotel in Ireland in 2002.
An informal network was established, called CARIN, which is now part of Europol.
It is a network of practitioners (on police and judiciary level) and experts with the intention of improving mutual knowledge on methodologies and techniques in the area of cross-border
identification, freezing, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime.

3. Members All EU member states, Switzerland, USA (not complete list)
Observers:
Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia

4. Website (open section)
A list of asset recovery vocabulary applicable in each country is stored on the open CARIN folder together with translation into a selected number of languages.
A ‘Member Country’ page containing concise information relating to criminal asset issues. This will include reference to open sources of information available in each country. It also includes a synopsis of procedures, legislation and good practice and other relevant information supplied by each member.
Information on where legislation can be viewed (for example web site links).

5. Website (closed section)
A contact list of all CARIN members.
CARIN Steering Group working or draft
documents

6. How to get access to the website
Send an from your office account (not Gmail, hotmail etc) to CARIN explaining your position and requesting access to the website.
Membership or observer status is not needed for this, but then access only to the open section is given. If your country is a member or observer you will also be given to the closed section.
Mails can be sent to Ms Jill Thomas
Europol Criminal Asset Bureau and CARIN Secretariat :

7. CONTACT DETAILS
Secretariat, Camden Asset Recovery Inter- Agency Network (CARIN) Europol O3 Criminal Finances and Technology Unit P.O. Box KK The Hague. The Netherlands