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1 DRAFT AGENDA THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FISHERIES CRIME (FishCRIME 2017) An event co-organised by the Government of Indonesia, the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), INTERPOL, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the North Atlantic Fisheries Intelligence Group (NA-FIG) and the PescaDOLUS Network. DAY 1 25 September 2017 Venue: Vienna International Centre, Conference Room C3 07:30-08:45 REGISTRATION 09:00-09:30 OFFICIAL OPENING of the 3 rd International Symposium on Fisheries Crime Welcome Remarks by the Officer-in-Charge of the Division for Operations UNODC, Roberto Arbitrio Video Statement by the Executive Director of UNODC, H.E. Mr. Yury Fedotov 09:30-11:00 OPENING REMARKS (i) Minister of Fisheries of the Kingdom of Norway, H.E. Mr. Per Sandberg (ii) Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Ms. Susi Pudjiastuti (iii) Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers, H.E. Mr. Dagfinn Høybråten (iv) Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries of the Republic of Ecuador, H.E. Ms. Ana Katuska Drouet Salcedo (v) Minister for Fisheries & Aquaculture Development of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Ms. Elizabeth Afoley Quaye (vi) Vice Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of Thailand, General Patamapong Prathompat (vii) Ambassador for Yellow Sea Affairs of the People s Republic of China, H.E. Ms. Wang Xiaodu (viii) Director General of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of South Africa, Mr. Mooketsa Ramasodi 1

2 11:00-11:30 OFFICIAL PHOTO (Rotunda) COFFEE BREAK (2 nd Floor) 11:30-12:00 SETTING THE SCENE: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF ADDRESSING FISHERIES CRIME Gunnar Stølsvik, Head of Project, Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries Mas Achmad Santosa, Head of the Presidential Task Force to Combat Illegal Fishing of the Republic of Indonesia 12:00-13:30 12:45-13:30 LUNCH SIDE EVENT: FishNET Fisheries Crime Training organized by the UNODC Global Programme for Combatting Wildlife and Forest Crime and the UNODC Container Control Programme 13:30 14:30 SESSION 1 14:30-15:45 SESSION 2 Room C0739 (7 th Floor) LAUNCH OF REPORT Chasing Red Herrings: The Impact of Secrecy in the Fisheries Sector Presentation from Eve de Coning, INTERPOL Fisheries Crime Working Group Capacity Building and Awareness Raising Project Comments by INTERPOL, NA-FIG, UNODC CASES ON ECONOMIC CRIME IN FISHERIES Matthew R Amsden, U.S Internal Revenue Service: The Codfather case Sølvi Albrigtsen, North Atlantic Fisheries Intelligence Group: Tax fraud in Norwegian fisheries Marcus Asner: The Bengis Restitution Award Thembalethu Vico, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of South Africa: The Bengis Restitution Award 15:45-16:15 COFFEE BREAK (4 th Floor) 2

3 16:15-17:00 SESSION 3 17:00 17:30 SESSION 4 CATEGORIES OF ASSOCIATED CRIMES IN THE FISHERIES VALUE CHAINgramme for Combatting Wildlife and Forest Crim Presentation from Tim Steele, Senior Advisor, Anti-Corruption, UNODC CASES ON TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED FISHERIES CRIME Bernard Liedermann, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of South Africa: Abalone poaching in South Africa Gary Orr, Ministry of Primary Industries of New Zealand: Abalone poaching in New Zealand Moenieba Isaacs, University of Western Cape: Abalone poaching and small scale fisheries 18:00-20:00 RECEPTION on The Role of Nordic Cooperation in the Global Fight against Fisheries Crime hosted by the Nordic Council of Ministers, NA-FIG and PescaDOLUS Mozart Room (VIC Restaurant, Ground floor) 3

4 DAY 2 26 September 2017 Venue: Vienna International Centre, Conference Room C3 9:00-10:15 SESSION 1 CASES ON TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED FISHERIES CRIME (cont.) Moderator: Olga Kuzmianok, UNODC Global Programme for Combatting Wildlife and Forest Crime Murray Bauer, NOAA: Illegal Crab trafficking Lars Fause, Chief Prosecutor, Norway: The Senator and Juras Vilkas cases Crime in the Mexican totoaba fishery (TBC) Miguel Angel Pacheco, Guardia Civil of Spain: Glass Eels Nick Branigan, HM Revenue and Customs: Razor clams trafficking in the UK 10:15-10:45 COFFEE BREAK (4 th Floor) 10:45-12:00 SESSION 2 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE FISHING INDUSTRY Moderator: Rebecca Surtees, NEXUS Insitute Steve Trent, Environmental Justice Foundation, The environmental drivers of human trafficking in fisheries Vichuta Ly, Legal Support for Children and Women Cambodia: The Giant Ocean case Anna Tsitsina, UNODC: Outcomes of the Indonesia pilot workshop for criminal justice practitioners on investigating trafficking in persons in the fishing industry Mark Getchell, IOM, Counter Trafficking Response in Indonesia 12:00-13:30 12:00-13:30 LUNCH SIDE EVENT: Professional Coastguards: Tracking Maritime Crime on the Sea organized by the UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme Room C0739 (7 th floor) 4

5 13:30-14:00 SESSION 3 14:00-15:00 SESSION 4 CURRENT INITIATIVES ON STRENGTHENING CAPACITY Moderator: Tim Steele, Senior Advisor, Anti-Corruption, UNODC Emma Witbooi, PescaDOLUS: PescaDOLUS Fisheries Crime Research Network Naftalia Siregar, SATGAS115: The Indonesian FishFORCE Academy Farah Obaidullah, The Women4Oceans network THE ROLE AND ACTIVITIES OF IGOs TO ASSIST STATES TO COMBAT FISHERIES CRIME Moderator: Tim Steele, Senior Advisor, Anti-Corruption, UNODC Blaise Kuemlangan, FAO Jean-Marie Kagabo, ILO Mr. Deon Burger, INTERPOL Mr. Jorge Rios, UNODC Antonia Leroy, OECD 15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK (4 th Floor) 15:30-16:30 THE WAY FORWARD: HIGH LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION Moderator: Vidar J. Landmark, Director General of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (i) Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries of the Republic of Ecuador, H.E. Ms. Ana Katuska Drouet (ii) Minister for Fisheries & Aquaculture Development of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Ms. Elizabeth Afoley Quaye (iii) Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia H. E. Ms. Susi Pudjiastuti (iv) Ambassador for Yellow Sea affairs of the People s Republic of China, H.E. Ms. Wang Xiaodu (v) Director General of Department of Fisheries at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of Thailand, Mr. Adisorn Promthep (i) Director General of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of South Africa, Mr. Mooketsa Ramasodi 5

6 16:30-17:00 CLOSING REMARKS 6

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