News & Events

Statement (2014/12/18)

December 18, 2014 The United States congratulates the Government of Montenegro on the arrests of Cristian Vintila, Massimo Romagnoli, and Virgil Flaviu Georgescu, who have been charged with conspiring to sell large quantities of military-grade weaponry to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (the “FARC”)—a designated foreign terrorist organization—to be used to kill Americans in ...
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Embassy organizes a seminar on WMD Proliferation Seminar (2014/12/16)

December 16, 2014 On December 16, the U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission, B. Bix Aliu, opened a seminar on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Proliferation, organized by the United States Embassy in Podgorica, through its Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program.  The three-day seminar, held in Podgorica, will discuss issues of WMD ...
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US Embassy Organizes a Training Deployment to Vienna (2014/12/12)

December 12, 2014 The United States Embassy in Podgorica, through the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), funded a two day training deployment to Vienna, Austria, for representatives of the Montenegrin Supreme Court, Office of National Coordinator for Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings (TIP), and a Civil Society Organization ...
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U.S. Embassy in Podgorica and Partners Conclude Training on Financial Investigations, Money Laundering and Asset Recovery (2014/12/5)

On December 4-5, 2014, the United States Embassy in Podgorica, in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Montenegro and the Judicial Training Center (JTC), organized a training on Financial Investigations, Money Laundering and Asset Recovery. The training brought together representatives of the Montenegrin judiciary, prosecution, Tax Administration, Customs ...
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