EURACTIV's Agenda

of all European Affairs Events, conferences, presentations and workshops.

ERA: Understanding each step of the “Anti-Fraud Cycle”: Prevention, Detection, Investigation, Sanctioning and Recovery

Date

15 Oct 2018 to 16 Oct 2018

Address

  Lisbon
Portugal

Section

Education

Event Description

Annual Forum on Combating Corruption in the EU 2018

 

Lisbon, 15-16 October 2018

ERA preview

If you have problems viewing this newsletter, please click here

 Understanding each step of the “Anti-Fraud Cycle”: Prevention, Detection, Investigation, Sanctioning and Recovery

Annual Forum on Combating Corruption in the EU 2018

 

Lisbon, 15-16 October 2018

 

Registration fee: 250 EUR

 

 
Objective

The overall objective of the Commission Anti-Fraud Strategy is to improve the prevention, detection and conditions for investigations of fraud whilst achieving an adequate level of reparation and deterrence.

This annual forum will scrutinise the different steps of the “anti-fraud cycle” starting from prevention, passing through detection, investigation and sanctioning, all the way to the recovery.

Key topics

  • Prevention, detection and investigation techniques in the Member States
  • Sanctioning
  • Recovering proportions of funds lost due to fraud
  • Deterring future fraud through appropriate penalties
  • Work carried out by the private sector in preventing fraud
  • The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)

Speakers

Alex Boone, Senior Investigator, Registered Forensic Auditor, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg (invited)

Laviero Buono, Head of Section for European Criminal Law, ERA, Trier

Mukul Chawla QC, Head of Chambers, Foundry Chambers, London

Liviu Chirita, Director, Advisory Services, Financial Crime, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Prague

András Csúri, Postdoctoral Fellow, Utrecht University

Stefan De Moor, Judge, President of Chamber, Court of Appeal, Antwerp

Michaël Fernandez-Bertier, Lawyer, Allen & Overy; Lecturer, Solvay School of Economics and Management;  Member of the Board of Directors of Transparency International Belgium, Brussels

HH Judge Joanna Korner CMG QC, Southwark Crown Court, London

Holger Matt, Defence Lawyer, Professor of Criminal Law, Frankfurt

 

>> Further information and 
online registration

Language: English

Organiser: ERA (Laviero Buono) in cooperation with the Portuguese Centre of Judicial Studies

 

 

Events of the week