Daily summary

Opening Plenary Session, Welcome Addresses and Introduction to the Conference

Prof. Maria Stoicheva, Functional Rector for International Relations, Sofia University

Mr. Malden Marinov, Minister of Interior, Republic of Bulgaria

Keynote Lectures

Organised Crime in the Sahel Region
Speaker Francesco Strazzari, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa

Can we Claim to be Countering Organised Crime?
Speaker Tuesday Reitano, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Geneva

Roundtable

Beyond Corruption and Bribery – Systematic Extortion by Public Officials and State Capture
Organised by the Centre for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria

Chair
Atahanas Rousev, Center for the Study of Democracy
Speakers
Alexander Stoyanov, University of National and World Economy, Sofia
Tihomir Bezlov, Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia
Ruzha Smilova, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Sofia

Roundtable

Organised Crime in the West Balkans Organised by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime

Chair / Moderator
Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director, Global Initiative
Discussant
Anna Maria Getos Kalac, University of Zagreb – Faculty of Law; Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology
Speakers
Ugljesa Zvekic, Senior Advisor, Global Initiative and Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO)
The Political Context of the Western Balkans / The Importance of Poznan and a Way Forward
Fatjona Mejdini, Field Coordinator at the Global Initiative
Local Vulnerabilities to Organised Crime in the Western Balkans