The Observatoire Géopolitique des Criminalités (OGC) and FLARE, under the patronage of Senator Mme Raymonde Le Texier, organise Saturday 4th June in Paris a conference to analyse the legal perspectives and the role of the civil society in the struggle against organised crime.

During the meeting several themes will be deepened: drug trafficking, financial crimes, confiscation and social re-use of assets confiscated to organised crime gangs.

The event will take place at the Palais du Luxembourg, Salle Clemenceau (15/ter Rue de Vaugirard, Paris) from 9 to 5 pm.

Agenda:

• 09:00 - Introduction

• Round table: duality legality-illegality in the areas of production of state and mafia law
  Moderator: Chantal Cutajar
  Diana Villegas: drug cartels and the interstices of rights
  Giuseppe Muti: ecomafias: the paradigm of legal integration of mafias
  Michel Kokoreff: how drug bans produce crime

• Lunch break

• Round table: struggle against organised fraud: is the re-use for social purposes of confiscated assets the solution?
  Jean De Maillard: financial markets, opportunity or model for the criminal economy?
  Nicolas Giannakopoulos: Switzerland: legal and illegal economy, the end of a boundary?
  Mario Vaudano: legislative perspectives against fraud against the Union
  Antonio Maruccia: goods confiscated to mafias: an example of coming back to legality
  Dario Caputo: assets confiscated re use: the victory of general interest
  Francesco Costamagna: confiscation and re-use of assets on an European level 

• Debate

• 17:00 - Conclusion

Where

Palais du Luxembourg, Salle Clemenceau, Rue de Vaugirard 15/ter, Paris, France.

When

4 June 2011

Entrance

Free entrance upon reservation at Fabrice Rizzoli - fabrice.rizzoli[at]flarenetwork.org
Lunch fee: €10, cheque to be sent to Ethicando - Quai De Jemmapes 84, 75010 Paris