Objective
This
second seminar in a series of three co-financed by the European
Commission will focus on disrupting the financial business model of THB,
following the money and untangling the business chain.
Mutual recognition of confiscation orders will play a central role in
the seminar, as will the work of Europol and Eurojust in the field in
assisting Member States to follow through with these orders, also within
Joint Investigation Teams (JITs). This will be followed by a closer
look at police and judicial cooperation in THB financial investigations
and confiscating assets, including red-flag indicators in various areas,
such as money service businesses.
Moreover, levels of cooperation between these actors and financial
service providers and FIUs will also be examined, as will the
enhancement of victim compensation. Evidence-gathering to increase
prosecutions and convictions, especially within the context of the
criminal liability of natural and legal persons, will be analysed.
Workshops will form a part of the seminar.
Key topics
- Financial investigations, JITs, asset
recovery and confiscation orders
- Cooperation between the judiciary, law
enforcement, FIUs and financial service-providers
- Evidence-gathering and victim
compensation
Participation Conditions
- Registration fee: €120 including
documentation, lunch and joint dinner.
- Travel costs up to €300 can be reimbursed by ERA upon receipt of the original receipts, tickets, boarding passes, invoices after the seminar. For those travelling within Bulgaria to Sofia, travel costs of up to €100 will be reimbursed.
- Two nights' hotel accommodation up to
€125 per night will be reimbursed by ERA upon receipt of the original
receipts and invoices after the seminar for participants who travel more
than 100km to Sofia.
- The number of places available is
limited (50 places).
- Target group: judges, prosecutors, law
enforcement officers, controllers and bank representatives, civil
society/NGOs. Participation will be subject to a selection
procedure.
- Participants are asked to book their
own travel and accommodation. Bulgarian applicants who work for the
judiciary and prosecution services must apply for this event through
NIJ.
- Participants should come from eligible
EU Member States (Denmark does not participate in the ISF Police
instrument) or eligible Candidate Countries (Albania and
Montenegro).
Who should
attend?
Judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers,
financial investigators, compliance officers, civil society/NGOs from
eligible EU Member States (Denmark does not participate in the Internal
Security Fund - Police 2014-2020) and eligible Candidate Countries
(Albania and Montenegro).
If you have attended the seminar in Thessaloniki
on 14-15 July 2022 on financial investigation of THB (322DT101f) you are
not entitled to attend this seminar.