A Royal Gibraltar Police intelligence officer is attending an Interpol workshop in the capital of Macedonia this week (April 2-3).

Sergeant Stuart Manfred joined around 60 public prosecutors and police officers for the two day event in the country’s capital — Skopje.

Also in attendance were representatives of financial institutions responsible for the asset recovery of criminally acquired property from Europe and the United States.

The workshop focusses on how to use a new Interpol tool called the ‘Silver Notice,’ which can be used to recover criminally acquired property.

Sgt Manfred was joined by Robert Borge, who works in the Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit. 

Gibraltar’s Interpol Sub Bureau was one of 52 countries and territories to join the Silver Notice, which was officially launched in January 2025 following a pilot scheme.

The Silver Notice helps countries share alerts and worldwide requests for information. It will also allow Gibraltar to identify criminal assets held in other countries and identify locally held assets on the Rock linked to criminality in other jurisdictions.

The Rock’s Interpol office is based within the Gibraltar Co-ordinating Centre for Criminal Intelligence and Drugs (GCID), which the RGP has overall responsibility for.

Sgt Manfred, acting Executive Coordinator for GCID, which has officers seconded from the Royal Gibraltar Police, HM Customs and the Gibraltar Defence Police, said: “It is a great opportunity to make our European partners aware of our regulatory capabilities when searching for assets laundered from other jurisdictions.”