Teresa Russo, Anna Oriolo and Gaspare Dalia, Leader and Key Staff Members of the EUWEB Module addressed  “The Role of Eurojust, EPPO and OLAF in the Fight against Transnational Crimes” thanks to the participation of the University of Salerno’s Professors and legal experts of the field.

The works will be chaired by Luigi Kalb, Full Professor of Criminal Procedure, Department of Legal Sciences, UNISA. The aspects of vertical cooperation and coordination between the institutions of the European Area of ​​Freedom, Security and Justice were addressed by Angela Di Stasi, Full Professor of International and European Union Law, Department of Legal Sciences, UNISA and Jean Monnet Chair.

The technical-operational profiles of Eurojust, OLAF and EPPO were, however, entrusted to the experience and skills of Filippo Spiezia, Magistrate – National Member for Italy and Vice-President of Eurojust, and Danilo Ceccarelli, Prosecutor of the Republic at the Court of Milan, International Economic Transnational Economic Crimes.

The open debate revealed several future prospects which will be the subject of research by the EUWEB Key Staff. 

For the contents of the lectures, see the section The Module/Didactic Materials on our home page.

EUWEB Key Staff Members, Teresa Russo, Anna Oriolo and Gaspare Dalia discussed the issues concerning “The Fight against Money Laundering at International, European and National Level” with the participation of distinguished speakers.

Carlo Longobardo, Professor of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law of the University of Naples “Federico II”, provided a general overview of the topic between dogmatics and criminal politics. Andrea Castaldo, Lawyer and Full Professor of Criminal Law, Department of Legal Sciences, UNISA then dealt with the leading cases in the field of money laundering and self-money laudering, while Cecchino Cacciatore, criminal lawyer of the Court of Salerno, addressed the issue of the money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Ersi Bozheku, Lawyer and Associate Professor of Criminal Law of the State University of Tirana (Albania), as well as Executive Director of the CESIAL analyzed the discrepancies between the legislative provisions and the practice of the anti-money laundering legislation in Albania.

The work ended with the planned intervention on bitcoins and the money laundering of Alessandra Rea, Trainee Lawyer of the Forum of Naples, and with the debate between the speakers and the participants in the Module.

For the contents of the lectures, see the section The Module/Didactic Materials on our home page.

Proff. Teresa Russo, Anna Oriolo e Gaspare Dalia, EUWEB Key Staff Members expressed their satisfaction for the success of today training course.
After the opening addresses of the Rector, Prof. Vincenzo Loia, the Director of the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law) of University of Salerno, Prof. Giovanni Sciancalepore, and the President of the Didactic Council of the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law) of University of Salerno, Prof. Francesco Fasolino, the Key Staff Members introduced the main subject of the event, scheduled in two different sessions concerning, respectively, the newest criminal forms of illegal ‘funding’ in commercial companies and the control over the phenomenon of corruption in domestic and international law.
Specifically, the first session focussed on the rising forms of ‘toxic surety’, both in administrative area (inside the procurements’ system as an investment tool for organized crime) thanks to the contribution of Sebastiano Barbato, Colonel of Salerno Finance Guard, and, in banking sector, thanks to the contribution of Giuseppe Fauceglia, full Professor of Commercial Law at the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law) of University of Salerno. Then, Luigi Foffani, full Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Member of the Expert Group on European Criminal Policy of the European Commission critically analysed bribery among private as an “indicative crime”.

The second session has been dedicated to the fight against corruption, outlining the investigative profile and the role of double incrimination in the control of international corruption, thanks to the contribution of Filippo Spiezia, Judge – Member for Italy and Vice-president of EUROJUST, and the role of the diplomacy and international obligations through the reflections of Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini, Public Prosecutor and legal Consultant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The conference has been ended by Massimo Panebianco, Emeritus of International Law at University of Salerno.

The event was open to the participation of students from the Specialization School of Legal Professions and the Master of Commercial Law.

For the contents of the lectures, see the section The Module/Didactic Materials on our home page.

 

 

 

 

 

EUWEB Module’s Staff, Proff. Teresa Russo, Anna Oriolo and Gaspare Dalia, are really delighted to have discussed the issues related to the exchange of information, intelligence activities and Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) with two authoritative speakers: Carmine Pirozzoli, Public Prosecutor and Long Term Expert on organized crime, PAMECA – EU Police Assistance in Albania, and Gianluigi Pratola, Deputy Prosecutor General at the Italian Supreme Court and Midterm Expert of the EURALIUS with coordination functions of the Component relating to the School of Magistrates in Albania.

 

This training course is part of the “awareness” cultural initiative for Albanian students in collaboration with PAMECA V, EURALIUS V, the Italian Superior School of the Magistracy, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and the Albanian School of Magistrates. In fact, two legal experts participated in the work: Edlira Osmani, National Legal Expert, EURALIUS and Laura Mehmetllari, Responsible of the Initial Training Sector, School of Magistrates of Albania who highlighted the Role of the Albanian School of Magistrates and the contribution of the Italian judges.

 

The initiative was also organized with the support of the Albanian universities, partners of the EUWEB Module and the event was open to the participation of students and professors from the Albanian University of Tirana, the EPOKA University of Tirana e the University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”.

 

The lively debate highlighted the critical aspects of the implementation of judicial reform in Albania as well as opportunities for future generations of young Albanian graduates.

 

For the contents of the lectures, see the section The Module/Didactic Materials on our home page.

 

During this training course, Teresa Russo, EUWEB Leader and Gaspare Dalia, EUWEB Key Staff Member, addressed the legal issues concerning the strategies and measures adopted by the European Union in the fight against terrorism.

The speeches of Felice Pier Carlo Iovino, Professor of Criminal Procedure and Girolamo Daraio, Professor of Penitentiary Law, both from the Department of Legal Sciences, UNISA, allowed to highlight the evolutionary features of the terrorist phenomenon and the cooperation tools introduced for the evidence gathering in the fight against transnational crimes.

The technical skills of Gianluigi Lancellotta, Commander of the Prison Police at the “A. Caputo” District House in Salerno and Donato Ciardella, Head of the DIGOS Anti-Terrorism Section, Salerno, allowed combining theory with practice. In particular, the latter highlighted the most critical issues of the Balkan route and discussed some investigations carried out along the aforementioned route.

 

The open debate underlined how prevention is the winning strategy in the fight against terrorism and how the use of information technology is itself a weapon to be used wisely.

 

For the contents of the lectures, see the section The Module/Didactic Materials on our home page