10/10/2025

As part of the EUPA4BiH Project (EU Support to Law Enforcement Agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina), police expert/trainer Laurence Hanvey held a training session for 29 SIPA cadets currently attending basic police training at the Agency for Education and Professional Training. The topic of the training was “The Role of Analysts in Supporting Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP).”

The training represents an important step within the EUPA4BiH Project activities, aimed at strengthening the understanding of the complexity and specific nature of organised crime—a phenomenon that directly or indirectly affects the security, stability, and legal system of our society.

During the sessions held over the past two days, expert Hanvey worked with cadets—training for the ranks of junior inspector and police officer—on both the theoretical and practical aspects of the following topics: Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) – introduction, developing an analytical profile of a targeted subject, identifying and managing risk, understanding the criminal environment, operational intelligence assessments, preparing network diagrams, assessing the probability and impact of risk, and analysing criminal patterns, networks, social and demographic trends, criminal business models, outcomes, and markets.

The training also provided an opportunity for cadets to exchange experiences with the international EUPA4BiH expert and to learn about strengthening intersectoral cooperation, all with the goal of gaining knowledge and skills for the more efficient prevention and detection of organised crime and terrorism.

It is worth noting that all EUPA4BiH Project activities focus on supporting and assisting law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina in developing and improving their work through specialised training and the exchange of best EU policing practices.

The EUPA4BiH Project (EU Support to Law Enforcement Agencies in BiH), valued at approximately 10 million euros, is funded by the European Union and implemented by a consortium of partners led by the Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC, Netherlands), in partnership with the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ, Germany), CIVIPOL (France), the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIAP, Spain), and the Central Project Management Agency (CPMA, Lithuania).

The project was officially launched in September last year, and its implementation is expected to continue for 54 months, until September 2029.