​On April 21, 2019, the 27th CEPA Main Course 2019 was concluded in Budapest during a closing ceremony with the presentation of certificates.

In the presence of high-ranking guests from home and abroad, the graduation ceremony for the participants of the 27th CEPA Main Course "Prevention and Fight against Internationally Relevant Crime" was held in Budapest, at the Center for International Training.

Between 25 February and 12 April, the 22 police practitioners from the CEPA member countries had the opportunity to participate in this MEPA training in seven locations - Prague (CZ), Eltville (D), Biel (CH), Ljubljana (SLO), Vienna (A), Bratislava (SK) and Budapest (H). 

The focus of this training was on the mediation and deepening of investigation and combat strategies in the field of cross-border / international criminal police cooperation. 

During this course the participants worked on the workshop on "Combating international human trafficking in connection with computer crime and asset protection". The results of the workshop were elaborated in writing and presented to an international panel during the closing ceremony.

The written results of the workshop will be made available to all investigators in the CEPA countries, so that police officers who did not participate in the course can also benefit from the results. In addition, the results will be available for insider download on the CEPA homepage.

Mr. COL.  Stanislav Šišulák, from the Academy of the Police Corps in Bratislava, mentioned the importance of CEPA in international police cooperation.

On the occasion of the closing speech, Lieutenant Colonel Christian Schuster spoke about the uniqueness of the CEPA training event and thanked all those responsible at CEPA for conducting this course.

Dr. Istvan Farkas, Director General of the Center for International Training of the Ministry of Interior in Hungary and member of the Board of Trustees of CEPA, together with Colonel Ágnes NÉMETH of the HA Kriminalpolizei in the National Police Headquarters of Hungary, presented the course participants with the certificates of successful completion of this CEPA training.

Within the framework of the closing event the meeting of the course leaders of the CEPA countries also took place. In addition to evaluating the results of the current main course, CEPA experts and representatives defined the first concrete tasks of the next CEPA main course in 2020.