The Law on organization and competence of state authorities in suppression of organized crime, terrorism and corruption introduce new tools for the fight against corruption and economic crime, primarily in the form of specialization of competent state bodies, and then the introduction of the most modern ways of working, such as multi-departmental task forces, liaison officers in competent state bodies and financial forensics in public prosecutor’s offices. 

Pursuant to this law, on March 1, 2018, special departments for suppression of corruption in the police, public prosecutor’s offices and courts were established. These departments were established in four higher public prosecutor’s offices in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš and Kraljevo, with jurisdiction over the criminal prosecution of corruption, economic crime and money laundering in the territory of their appellate area, thus enabling the concentration of specialized knowledge and the efficiency of criminal prosecution. 

The Anti-Corruption Department of the General Public Prosecution actively participated in the establishment of Special Departments for the Suppression of Corruption (SDSC), their professional development and capacity building. 

Namely, the General Public Prosecution coordinated the implementation of projects by international partners which provided specialized training for the representatives of SDSC, as well as the necessary equipment for work. 

In cooperation with the EU IPA 2013 project "Prevention and Fight Against Corruption”, the OPDAT office of the US Department of Justice, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the UNODC, the World Bank and the Judicial Academy, the General Public Prosecution from 2017 onwards participated in organization and implementation of the training cycle, including operational workshops for the Special Departments Suppression of Corruption; training on the topics of financial investigations, money laundering, task forces, trial simulations, seizure of property from crime; workshops on the implementation of the Road Map for the fight against corruption; trainings on digital assets, etc. where a representative of the Anti-Corruption Department of the General Public Prosecution participated as a lecturer. During these seminars, participants from the public prosecutor’s offices, among other things, had the opportunity to practice a new work methodology – monitoring cash flows, integrated management of financial and criminal investigations and inter-agency cooperation – task force work on specific case studies.

The Anti-Corruption Department of the General Public Prosecution, together with other competent state authorities and international partners, participated in the development and presentation of the "Manual for Suppression of Economic Crime and Corruption”, the manual "Seizure of property related to crime – manual for practical application”, the manual "Task Forces”, as well as in the preparation of the National Money Laundering Risk Assessment and the National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment and the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment in the Digital Assets Sector. 

Also, the General Public Prosecution received donations from foreign partners – the US Embassy and the OSCE Mission, for the Special Departments for Suppression of Corruption, in the form of technical equipment and vehicles, thus creating the necessary conditions for their work. 

The Anti-Corruption Department of the General Public Prosecution also coordinates the strengthening inter-agency cooperation of the public prosecution of the Republic of Serbia, by signing a Memorandum of Cooperation with the competent state authorities of the Republic of Serbia that can contribute to a more efficient data exchange in the pre-investigation procedure and during investigation. 

Likewise, the Anti-Corruption Department of the General Public Prosecution improves international cooperation of the public prosecution of the Republic of Serbia, primarily through the exchange of experiences, knowledge and contacts at regional and international workshops that discuss the topics of the fight against corruption, money laundering and seizure of property from crime, then through participation in the work of relevant judicial and other networks, such as Eurojust, the UNODC GlobE Network, etc. as well as through bilateral cooperation, that is, study visits and meetings with competent foreign state authorities.