It consists of representatives of the Ministries of the Interior, Social Affairs and Justice and representatives of the security police, the customs directorate and the criminal police. The Commission calls on Estonia to improve staff training and to adopt a national plan with a view to reducing the sources of supply of drugs. With regard to money laundering , significant progress had been made in the implementation of the acquis . Estonia has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime. In addition, the penal code was amended following the ratification of the Convention.
Progress continues to be made in judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters .
The Luxembourg Convention on the Custody of Children, The Hague Convention abolishing the requirement for legalisation for foreign public documents, The European Convention on the international validity of criminal judgments. The Commission encourages Estonia to amend the penal code in order to align it on the 1997 joint action concerning action to combat trafficking in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children.