Contents
Speakers and chairs
In 2011 the European Commission adopted the so-called
‘anti-corruption package’, a set of measures to address
more vigorously the serious harm generated by corruption
at economic, social and political levels. One year later, in
March 2012, the new proposal for a Directive on freezing
and confiscation was published.
The conference will discuss these recent EU policy
developments and legislative reforms and will present the
results of a study commissioned by OLAF and to be
published in March-April 2013 aimed at collecting
information and developing methodologies to assist both
the Commission and Member States' authorities with the
implementation of the new EU anti-corruption policies.
The study is intended to provide tools which may feed into
the general anti-corruption review mechanism, improve
the application of public procurement rules and promote
implementation of the Commission’s anti-fraud strategy in
the Member States.
Presentations will be made by national, European and
international experts. The role and contribution of OLAF
will be outlined and concrete international and European
cases presented.
Kevin Aquilina, Professor of Media, Communications &
Technology Law, Dean of the Faculty of Laws, University of
Malta
Key topics
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Recent European initiatives and major challenges in the
fight against corruption
Assisting Member States' authorities with the
implementation of the new EU anti-corruption policies
Developing a comprehensive methodology to measure
the real costs of corruption in selected sectors of the
economy
Criminalising active and passive corruption carried out
in the course of business activities
Laviero Buono, Head of European Criminal Law, ERA, Trier
Liviu Chirita, Head of Fraud Prevention at UniCredit Tiriac
Bank S.A.; Chairman of the Antifraud Committee of the
Romanian Banking Association, Bucharest
Vania Cirese, Avvocato, Cirese Law Firm, Rome
Jan Maarten de Vet, Director, Ecorys Brussels NV, Brussels
Stefano Filletti, Filletti & Filletti Advocates, Valletta
Philip Fitzgerald, Lawyer, Marseille
Michael Hopmeier, Judge, Kingston Crown Court, London
Rudy Hoskens, Partner, PwC Risk & Compliance, Brussels
Lothar Kuhl, Head of Unit D.1, Policy Development, OLAF,
European Commission, Brussels
Michael Levi, Professor of Criminology, School of Social
Sciences, Cardiff University
Simon Marsh, Senior Investigations Expert, International
Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), Basel
Lech Paprzycki, President of the Supreme Court, Head of the
Criminal Law Chamber, Warsaw
Margarita Popova, Vice-President of Bulgaria, former
Minister of Justice, Sofia
Martin Priborsky, Policy Officer, Policy Development, OLAF,
European Commission, Brussels
Who should attend?
Björn Rohde-Liebenau, Attorney, Mediator and
Whistleblowing Ombudsman, RCC Risk Communication
Concepts, Frankfurt
Judges, prosecutors, national government officials, lawyers
in private practice and policymakers.
Laura Sanz-Levia, Administrator, Group of States against
Corruption (GRECO), Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Raluca Stefanuc, Administrator, Fight against Organised
Crime, DG Home, European Commission, Brussels
For further information:
Annette Geibel
Tel. +49 (0)651 937 37 321
Fax. +49 (0)651 937 37 773
E-mail: ageibel@era.int
Online registration:
www.era.int/?123463&en
MAKING THE FIGHT
AGAINST CORRUPTION IN
THE EU MORE EFFECTIVE
TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
EVALUATION MECHANISMS
St. Julians (Malta), 16-17 May 2013
Corinthia Hotel, St. George's Bay,
St. Julians, STJ 3301
Language: English
Organisers:
ERA (Laviero Buono) in cooperation with
the University of Malta (Criminal Law
Department) / Maltese Association for
European Criminal Law and for the
Protection of the EU's Financial Interests
This event has been co-financed by the
European Commission (OLAF) under the
Hercule II Programme
Event number: 313RT08
Thursday, 16 May 2013
08:30
Arrival and registration of participants
09:00
Welcome and introduction
I.
Friday, 17 May 2013
III.
14:00
Chair: Lech Paprzycki
09:15
2011-2013: The Commission’s efforts to forge
a comprehensive anti-corruption policy at EU
level
The Council of Europe’s Group of States
against Corruption (GRECO): recent work and
cooperation with the European Union
Laura Sanz-Levia
10:15
Tackling corruption more effectively in the
European Union: role and powers of OLAF
14:30
Discussion
11:15
Break
II.
ASSISTING MEMBER STATES' AUTHORITIES
WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW EU
ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICIES
Presentation of the main results of the
Commission Study
Jan Maarten de Vet / Rudy Hoskens
Commentator: Martin Priborsky
12:45
Identifying innovative tools and mechanisms
that are able to uncover irregularities in
national and international corruption cases
15:00
Discussion
15:30
Break
IV.
WHAT MAKES THE FIGHT AGAINST
CORRUPTION SO DIFFICULT IN PRACTICE?
A VIEW FROM THE COALFACE
Chair: Laviero Buono
16:00
The practitioner’s view in prosecuting and
adjudicating corruption cases (including
problems of mutual legal assistance)
16:45
Defence rights in corruption cases: on an
equal footing with the prosecution?
• Vania Cirese
• Stefano Filletti
17:45
Discussion
18:30
End of first day and dinner (20:00)
Liability of legal persons with regard to the
bribery of a foreign public official and
proposals to improve the current normative
framework
Philip Fitzgerald
09:30
Preventing corruption in the private sector: a
banker’s perspective
Liviu Chirita
10:00
Corporate compliance: who is setting the
standards, why standard-setting may not be
enough and why would anyone supersede
the standard?
Björn Rohde-Liebenau
10:30
Discussion
11:00
Break
VI.
CLOSING DEBATE
Chair: Lothar Kuhl
Michael Hopmeier
Chair: Lothar Kuhl
11:45
09:00
Simon Marsh
Lothar Kuhl
10:45
Improving cooperation between the national
competent authorities and the European
Union: sharing of information as key feature
CRIMINALISING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE
CORRUPTION CARRIED OUT IN THE COURSE OF
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
Chair: Stefano Filletti
Michael Levi
Raluca Stefanuc
09:45
V.
Chair: Martin Priborsky
Kevin Aquilina & Laviero Buono
RECENT INITIATIVES AND MAJOR CHALLENGES
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
COMPREHENSIVE METHODOLOGY TO
MEASURE THE REAL COSTS OF CORRUPTION
11:30
Measuring the costs of corruption in the EU:
what next?
• Philip Fitzgerald
• Michael Hopmeier
• Martin Priborsky
• Björn Rohde-Liebenau
12:30
Concluding remarks
Margarita Popova
Discussion and lunch (13:00)
13:00
End of conference and lunch