Slovenia

Slovenia

The Slovenian Desk is headed by Boštjan Škrlec, who is the National Member for Slovenia since July 2017 and Vice-President of Eurojust since November 2020.

In 2023, the Slovenian Desk was involved in 331 new cases, 8 coordination meetings, 2 coordination centre, and 3 joint investigation teams.

National Member

Profile image: Boštjan Škrlec
Boštjan Škrlec

National Member

Boštjan Škrlec was appointed National Member for Slovenia in July 2017. He was elected as one of the two Vice-Presidents of Eurojust in November 2020. Mr Škrlec has over 20 years of experience in the judiciary and began his career as a State Prosecutor in 1999. Before joining Eurojust, he was Director General at the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Slovenia. During his professional career, he has been involved in international relations and cooperation. He participated in numerous international projects and worked with international institutions in the field of criminal justice. He has been a member of the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures (MONEYVAL) at the Council of Europe since 2005, and is currently participating in the work of its European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).

In 2007, during the Slovenian EU Presidency, Mr Škrlec chaired the working group negotiating the Council Decision on the strengthening of Eurojust. From 2008 to 2012, he served as the State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia. He actively participated in preparation and adoption of legislation introducing important reforms, such as the introduction of plea-bargaining in criminal procedure and the establishment of the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Slovenia.

Deputy National Member

Boštjan Lamešič was appointed Deputy National Member for Slovenia at Eurojust in February 2020, after performing the function of an Assistant to the National Member for Slovenia since March 2012. Before joining Eurojust, he worked as a State Prosecutor at the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Prior to this, he worked at various District Prosecutor’s Offices as well as at the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Slovenia. During his career in prosecution service, he dealt with complex and outstanding cases. He specialises in financial/economic crime and corruption.

Assistant to the National Member

Goran Vejnović was appointed Assistant to the National Member for Slovenia in October 2023. Among other areas, he specializes in asset recovery and confiscation, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing. He is contact point for ARO (Asset Recovery Office) and CARIN (Camden Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network) within the Centre of Expertise and IT at the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Mr Vejnović is an experienced prosecutor with a strong background in international cooperation. He served as the lead examiner monitoring the implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and as a member of the Eurojust National Coordination System (ENCS).

Contact the Slovenian Desk

The Slovenian Desk can be contacted through the communication channels defined at national level.

Stik s slovenskim nacionalnim predstavništvom lahko navežete na način, kot je to opredeljeno na nacionalni ravni.

Casework

 

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

New cases (total)
- of which initiating
- of which participating

153
88
65

211
145
66

231
151
80

257
208
49

275
203
72

316
250
66

331
265
66

Coordination meetings (initiating and/or participating)

6

16

15

10

9

10

8

Coordination centres (organising and/or participating)

1

2

2

1

-

1

2

Joint investigation teams (newly signed and/or ongoing)

2

5

8

7

6

7

3


Case examples

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