DRAFT AGENDA - Tuesday, 30 May 2017 | LIBE_OJ(2017)05-30_1

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LIBE_OJ(2017)0530_1

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HEARING

The current challenges of fighting terrorism and serious crime

Tuesday 30 May 2017, 14:00 - 17:30

European Parliament, Brussels

Room: József Antall (JAN) – Room 6Q2

Order of business

14h00 - 14h10 Opening remarks by Claude MORAES, Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament

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14.00 - 15.30 SESSION I: Overview of evolving terrorist threats and serious crime

• Overview of threat assessment, Wil VAN GEMERT, Deputy Executive Director for Operations, Europol

• Addressing the issue of 'foreign fighters', Jessika SOORS, Radicaliseringsambtenaar, Stad Vilvoorde, Belgium

• Cybercrime, Jürgen SCHMITT, Kriminaldirektor, Bundeskriminalamt, Wiesbaden, Germany

• Obstacles and new developments from the judicial point of view, Véronique DEGERMANN, Procureur adjoint en charge de la division antiterroriste et de lutte contre la criminalité organisée, Paris, France

Q&A

15.30 - 17.25 SESSION II: Links between serious and organized crime and terrorism

• Border management-related issues, Fabrice LEGGERI, Executive Director, FRONTEX

• Connection between organized crime, including drugs trafficking, and terrorism, José Luis OLIVERA, Director - Centro de Inteligencia contra el Terrorismo y el Crimen Organizado (CItCO), Madrid, Spain

• Illegal trafficking in firearms, Ute STIEGEL, acting Head of unit - D3 in charge of Organised Crime and Drugs Policy, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission

• The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Terrorism Prevention, Elena RIGACCI HAY, Chief a.i. for MENA, Gulf and LAC, Terrorism Prevention Branch, UNODC, Vienna, Austria

• Border Management from a Bulgarian perspective, Georgi ARABADZHIEV, Deputy Chief Secretary, Interior Ministry, Sofia, Bulgaria

Q&A

17.25 - 17.30 CLOSING REMARKS by Claude MORAES.

Annex

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND THE MEETING

This meeting is open to the public. However, for security reasons, participants who do not have a European Parliament access badge must obtain a pass in advance. Those wishing to obtain such a pass should contact the secretariat (libe-secretariat@europarl.europa.eu) before 24 May 2017 at 16:00. It is essential to provide us with your last name, first name, date of birth, nationality, type of ID (passport, identity card, driving licence, etc.) and number of ID. Without this information, the Security Service will not provide entry passes.[1]

PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE DEBATE

• During the discussion, so as to make it possible for the highest number of parliamentarians to intervene, speaking time of speakers will be strictly limited to ten minutes and speaking time of the Members to two minutes per contribution or question in order to ensure a fruitful discussion.

• Speakers wishing to supplement their speeches may do so in writing by submitting a document (preferably in English or French) in advance to the secretariat (email: libe-secretariat@europarl.europa.eu). These documents will be circulated during the meeting.

• Meeting documents will be progressively added to the Events section of the LIBE Committee pages: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/libe/events-hearings.html .

THE MEETING IS BROADCASTED LIVE AND RECORDED

LIBE Committee pages:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/homeCom.do?language=EN&body=LIBE

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Regina PHILIPP

Administrator

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Joeri HAMVAS

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