Criminal law protection of the financial interests of the EU – Focusing on money laundering, tax fraud, corruption and on criminal compliance in the national legal systems with reference to cybercrime
HERCULE III PROJECT— HUUNIMISKOLCPFI 786253
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W o r k s h o p |
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The Criminal Law Protection of the Financial Interests of the European Union – Special Issues: Money Laundering and Corruption |
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Vienna University of Economics and Business Date: 2-4th July 2018 |
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Project Activity 2.2. |
This workshop was funded by the European Union’s HERCULE III programme.
The content of this workshop represents the views of the authors only and is his/her sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.
The programme of the workshop
Aim of the workshop: The fight against money laundering and corruption from EU legal and practical point of view with regard to the protection of the financial interests of the European Union.
Organizers: Faculty of Law of the University of Miskolc, the Association of Hungarian Lawyers for the European Criminal Law, Research Centre for European Criminal Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Miskolc, Institute for Austrian and European Economic Criminal Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business
2nd July (Monday)
19.00 Welcome Dinner
3rd July (Tuesday)
Venue: Vienna University of Economics and Business, Room TC.5.01
https://campus.wu.ac.at/?campus=1&q=TC.5.01
8:15-8:30 Registration
8:30-8:40 Welcome & Opening of the workshop
Prof. Dr. Robert Kert (Head of Institute, Institute for Austrian and European Economic Criminal Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas (Dean, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law)
8.40-9.00 new developments of the Fight against Cybercrime in the EU
Claudia Warken (Seconded National Expert Fight Against Cybercrime, Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs (HOME), Unit D.4: Cybercrime, European Commission, Brussels)
9.00-9.20 The new fraud policy of the European Union – implementation requirement in Austria
Dr. Christian Manquet (Senior Public Prosecutor, Section IV. Criminal Law, Department IV.1. Substantive Criminal Law, Ministry of Justice, Austria)
9.20-9.30 Discussion, questions
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1st Section |
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Chairman: Prof. Dr. Robert Kert (Vienna University of Economics and Business) |
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Effective Combat of the Money Laundering and Corruption in Austria Practical Questions and Answers |
9.30-9.45 Combating corruption in the prosecutor's practice
MMag. Eberhard Pieber LL.M. (Senior Public Prosecutor, Economic and Corruption Prosecutor, Vienna)
9.45-10.00 Compliance measures against economic corruption
Prof. Dr. Richard Soyer (Head of Institute, University of Linz)
10.00-10.15 Combatting money laundering – From the point of view of public prosecutors’ practice
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Aicher (First Advocate General, General Procuratorate of the Supreme Court)
10.15-10.30 Combating money laundering in judicial practice
Mag. Dr. Christian Böhm (Judge, Regional Criminal Court of Vienna)
10.30-11.00 Discussion, questions
11.00-11.30 Coffee break (Library Cafe WU Wien)
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2nd Section |
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Chairman: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dannecker (University of Heidelberg) |
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Good practice in the fight against money laundering and corruption in other member states I. |
11.30-11.45 Experience from Germany
Legal framework and characteristics of the German money laundering law and the fight against corruption in Germany
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dannecker (Head of Department, University of Heidelberg)
11.45-12.00 Practical problems and answers
Dr. Vanessa Seibel (Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s Office of Mannheim)
12.00-12.15 Experience from Greece
Punishing corruption in the public and the private sector: key issues on current EU policy and rule-of-law challenges
Prof. Dr. Maria Kaiafa Gbandi (Head of Department, University of Thessaloniki)
Fighting Money Laundering in Greece
Dr. Theodoros Papakyriakou (Associate Professor, University of Thessaloniki)
12.15-12.30 Experience from Italy
Fighting Money Laundering and Corruption in Italy
Dr. Vincenzo Carbone (Rome Bar Association – Lawyer and Member of the “Anti-Money Laundering” Commission)
12.30-13.00 Discussion, question
13.00-14.00 Lunch break
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3rd Section |
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Chairman: Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas (University of Miskolc) |
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Good practice in the fight against money laundering and corruption in other member states II. |
14.00-14.15 Experience from Romania
Fighting money laundering in Romania
Prof. Dr. Valentin Mirisan (Dean, University of Oradea) – Dr. Diana Cirmaciu (Vice Dean, University of Oradea)
14.15-14.30 Fighting corruption in Romania
Prof. Dr. Valentin Mirisan (Dean, University of Oradea) – Dr. Cristian Mihes (Head of Institute, University of Oradea)
14.30-14.45 Experience from Hungary: Legal framework
Fighting Money Laundering in Hungary
Dr. Judit Jacsó PhD (Vice Dean, Associate Professor, University of Miskolc) – Dr. Udvarhelyi Bence PhD (Scientific Researcher, University of Miskolc)
14.45-15.00 Regulation of corruption in the new criminal code
Dr. Sándor Madai PhD (Head of Department, Associate Professor, University of Debrecen)
15.00-15.15 Coffee break (Library Cafe WU Wien)
15.15-15.30 Experience from Hungary: Practical questions
Fighting money laundering and corruption in the prosecutors’ practice
Dr. Ádám Péceli (Public Prosecutor, Department of Terrorism, Money Laundering and Military Offenses, Office of the Prosecutor General of Hungary) – Dr. Melinda Szabó (Public Prosecutor, Head of Section, Chief Prosecutor’s Office of the Capital)
15.30-15.45 Fighting money laundering and corruption in judicial practice
Dr. Szabolcs Hornyák (Judge, National Office of Judiciary)
15.45-16.00 Interdisciplinary perspectives
Money laundering compliance – a means of protecting the EU's financial interests
Prof. Dr. Severin Glaser (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
16.00-16.15 Criminological aspects of corruption
Dr. Erika Váradi-Csema (Vice Dean, Associate Professor, University of Miskolc)
16.15-16.30 Money laundering in cybercrime
dr. László Dornfeld (PhD Student, University of Miskolc)
16.30-16.45 whistleblowers’ protection – legal consequences
Beata Baran PhD (Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University, Cracow)
16.45-17.15 Discussion, questions
19.00 Dinner
4th July (Wednesday)
Venue: Vienna University of Economics and Business, Room D3.3.274
https://campus.wu.ac.at/?campus=1&q=D3.3.274
9.00-10.00 Conclusion & Results of the workshop
Prof. Dr. Robert Kert (Head of Institute, Institute for Austrian and European Economic Criminal Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dannecker (University of Heidelberg)
Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas (Dean, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law)
10.00-11.00 Discussing the next workshop & presentation of the hercule-Project-website (English version)
Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas (Dean, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law)
11.00 Departure
Please note that pictures will be taken during the course of the event. By attending the workshop, you acknowledge that the organizers may take pictures of you as part of the audience, and that these images may be used for communication purposes of the HERCULE III HUUNISMISKOLCPFI project.