Organised Crime in the EU: Cases, Trends and Tools

Focus on:

• Counterfeiting & smuggling of goods
• Confiscation of crime proceeds

	Trier, 31 January – 1 February 2013 Fee: € 105 Objective This seminar will present the latest developments at EU and national level in the fight against organised crime, in particular the involvement of organised crime groups in financial and economic criminality. It will focus on national case law, international cooperation and confiscation of crime proceeds. Key topics ·         The new EU directive on confiscation ·         Criminal law responses against organised crime involvement in counterfeiting and smuggling of goods in the EU ·
	Organiser: Corina Badea, Academy of European Law The project is co-financed by the European Commission under the “Prevention of and fight against crime” programme (ISEC 2011). Languages: English, French (simultaneous interpretation) Conditions of participation: ERA will reimburse the accommodation after the event on presentation of the original receipts  up to a max. of 90 EUR (provision not applicable to participants from Trier & Luxembourg). The number of places available for participants is limited. Registrations will be accepted first-come-first-served. Speakers: Erik Barnett, Director of European Policy for Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US Embassy, Brussels; Salvatore Catania, Head of Tobacco & Counterfeit Goods Unit,  Investigations Directorate, European Antifraud Office, European Commission, Brussels; Wendy De Bondt, Assistant for International and European Criminal Law, Ghent University, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy, Ghent; Bérengère Dreno, Specialist, Criminal Finances and Technology Unit, Europol, The Hague; Sylvie Petit-Leclair, National Member for France, Eurojust, The Hague (invited); Monica Pop, Chief Prosecutor – IPR Crimes, General Prosecutor´s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, Bucharest; Gianfranco Scarfò, Prosecutor, Antimafia Prosecution Office, Naples; David Touvet, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Inter Regional Specialised Court (JIRS), former French liaison magistrate to the Netherlands, Nancy; Aled Williams,  former liaison magistrate, former President of Eurojust, London Event no.: 313DT22 Further information and online registration