​In the premises of the Centre for International Further Training of the Ministry of the Interior of Hungary (BM NOK –ZIF)in Budapest, a total of 33 CEPA-Main-Course participants form Austria, Germany, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Poland and Hungary had the opportunity to reunite and to revive their acquaintance. The event was opened by the Hungarian Member of the MEPA Board of Trustees, Colonel Dr. Istvan FARKAS, Director General of the ZIF. Main objective of this seminar was the updating of the knowledge and information of the course participants about the new forms of organized crime, specific perpetrator techniques and offenses. Furthermore, the discussion about new means and methodologies with regard to the prevention and combatting of criminality in the international context. An essential part of this seminar was – according to the motto of the CEPA – the exchange of experience and knowledge, gained by the practice and the refreshment of the language skills of the participants. During the two-and-a-half day duration of the seminar the participants had the opportunity to attend – in a very relaxed atmosphere - presentations, which were held chiefly by the participants themselves, regarding the combatting of serious crime, the international police co-operation and solution-oriented approaches. The variety of themes has to be called as a very broad one, the participants were made accustomed to new forms on phenomenon and modi operandi. Specifically the presentation about case-studies dealing with criminal matters attracted specific interest. The success of these investigations could not have been achieved without the direct contact of the colleagues and the contact between the respective authorities. Of high significance were the statements of the course participants of the years 1994 and 1995, and their impressions about the development of the CEPA over the years up to the current state of the organization.