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1 Central Means of Payment Antifraud Office (UCAMP) A Community strategy to protect the Euro in the Mediterranean area Action Plan on Exchange Assistance and Training for the Protection of the Euro against Counterfeiting Pericles Programme Italy, The Netherlands, Croatia, Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Morocco, Algeria Dubrovnik, October 2012 Valamar Lacroma Hotel

2 10 October :30 AM Participants registration Welcome greetings and opening works 9:00 AM Adelchi D Ippolito, Deputy Chief of Legislative Finance Office, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy Krešimir Sikavica, Head of Economic Crime and Corruption Department, National Police Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime, Criminal Police Directorate, Ministry of Interior, Croatia Luciano Lizzi, Conference Chairman, Colonel Guardia di Finanza, Central Means of Payment Antifraud Office (UCAMP), Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy Session I 9:30 AM Session II European measures for the protection of Euro against counterfeiting Luca Pierini, Unit C5 Protection of the Euro - Hercule and Pericles Programs, European Commission/European Antifraud Office (OLAF) The phenomenon of currencies counterfeiting Roles of the Institutions for the protection of the Euro and other currencies The statistics of the phenomenon in Europe and in the other Countries 10:10 AM Vicente Ventura, Anti-Counterfeiting Section, European Central Bank 11:10 AM Coffee break

3 11:40 AM 12:15 PM Luciano Lizzi, Colonel Guardia di Finanza, Central Means of Payment Antifraud Office (UCAMP), Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy Željko Brkić, Police Officer, Organized Crime Department, National Police Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime, Ministry of Interior, Croatia 12:45 AM 1:10 PM Nezat Yazici, Deputy Head of National Bureau, Interpol - Europol - Sirene Department, Ministry of Interior, Turkey Senka Sojkic, Inspector - Unit for combating organized crime, State Investigation and Protection Agency, Ministry of Security, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:30 PM Idajet Faskaj, State Police, Ministry of Interior, Albania 2:00 PM Lunch Session III The gathering and analysis of technical and statistical data relating to counterfeit notes and coins in Europe and other Countries Supporting systems Technical and statistical data relating to counterfeit notes and coins discovered Counterfeiting techniques 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM Emilio Bufacchi, Head of CNAC, Government Printing and Mint, Italy Martina Skenderović Božičević, Head of Division, National Counterfeit, National Analysis and Coin National Analysis Centres, Croatian National Bank Ewout van Haeften, Head National Counterfeit Centre, De Nederlandsche Bank

4 4:45 PM Coffee break 5:15 PM 5:45 PM Dejan Levičar, Centralna banka Crne Gore, Central Bank of Montenegro Moamer Halvadzija, Coordinator of Banknotes and Coins Analysis Section, Cash Management Department, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6:15 PM Nevra Fidan, Turkish State Mint, Turkey

5 11 October :00 AM Opening works - Chairman 9:00 AM Session IV 9:20 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM Paolo Quattrocchi, Lawyer, Italy Private contributions for the suppression of counterfeiting currency: risk management in the conduct of business. Organisational Models Domestic legislation, criminal procedure and practice regarding currencies counterfeiting The criminal law provisions on money counterfeiting. Statistics about crimes Criminal sanctions for manufacturing, possessing, using and trafficking in counterfeit currency Expertise and technical support for investigations and operations New legislative proposals Nello Rossi, Chief Prosecutor in Rome, Ministry of Justice, Italy Ivan Glavić, Deputy in Municipal State Attorney's Office Zagreb, Croatia Edina Hubjer, State Prosecutor, Ministry of Justice, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jovanovic Vukosav, Police Officer in charge for counterfeit notes, Police Directorate, Montenegro 11:30 AM Coffee break 12:00 AM 12:30 AM Cosimo D Elia, Lt.Colonel Guardia di Finanza, Currency Police Special Unit, Italy Giovanni D Alascio, Ch Insp - Specialized Officer, NCO for the suppression of currency counterfeiting (UCIFM), Interpol, Italy

6 Session V 1:00 PM The important role of the commercial banks in fighting the counterfeiting of Euro and other currencies. The procedures adopted in fighting counterfeiting and methods to detect counterfeit money The methods to step up the fight against counterfeiting Share best practices Enrico Eberspacher, Security Department, Italian Banking Association 1:30 PM Turan Tekiner, İs Bankasi, The Banks Association of Turkey 2:00 PM Lunch 3:00 PM Vatroslav Jukić, Privredna banka Zagreb d.d., Association of Banks, Croatia 3:30 PM Nebojša Đoković, Association of Montenegrin Banks 4:00 PM Abderrahmane El Yousfi Alaoui, Directorate General for National Security, State Police, Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Morocco 4:30 PM Coffee break 5:00 PM Massimo Petrone, Professor, University of Molise, Italy

7 12 October :00 AM Opening works Chairman 9:00 AM Session VI Francesco Menditto, Chief Prosecutor in Lanciano, Ministry of Justice, Italy Expertise and technical support for investigations and operations. International cooperation against transnational crime. Seizure and confiscation of illegally obtained property. The legislations on authentications of currencies The comparison of the anti-counterfeiting legislations The security features The authentication of Euro Banknotes/Coins 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM Tiziana Torres, National Analysis Centre and National Countefeit Centre, Bank of Italy Damir Bićanić, Head of Issue and Handling Operations Division, Croatian Central Bank Orhan Veli Köse, Banknote Printing Plant Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Dejan Levičar, Centralna banka Crne Gore, Central Bank of Montenegro 11:30 PM Coffee break 12:00 AM Enver Pacuka, Coordinator of plan, analysis and reporting section, Cash Management Department Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina

8 12:30 PM Amal Yacine, Senior Official, Bank Al-Maghrib, Kingdom of Morocco 1:00 PM Session VII Adelchi D Ippolito, Deputy Chief of Legislative Finance Office, Ministry of Economy and Finance - Italy Closing works 1:30 PM Luca Pierini, European Antifraud Office (OLAF) 2:00 PM Carlo D Achille, Police Attaché, Italian Embassy to Croatia 2:15 PM 2:30 PM Željko Brkić, Police National Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime, Ministry of Interior, Croatia Sergio Zorzo, Head of Training Area, Central Means of Payment Antifraud Office (UCAMP), Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy Handing over certificates of participation Lunch

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