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 will be
reimbursed only upon receipt of the original receipts, tickets, boarding
passes and invoices after the seminar. For those travelling less than
100km to Thessaloniki, travel costs of up to €150 will be
reimbursed.
- Two nights' hotel accommodation up to
€130 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 Thessaloniki.
- 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. Greek applicants who work for the
judiciary and prosecution services must apply for this event through
ESDI.
- 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).