Welcome to a webinar focusing on unlawful influence by organized crime, specifically within the Nordic justice sector. In this webinar, we will present findings from the research project Organized Crime and Undue Influence: Mapping Nordic Knowledge (OC-INF). We have invited researchers and experts from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland to discuss the following questions:
- What constitutes unlawful influence?
- What characterizes the unlawful influence and corruption happening in the Nordic justice sector?
- What interests do organized crime groups currently pursue in the Nordic countries?
- What strategies and forms of prevention are needed, and what can we learn from existing Nordic policies and practices?
Time of the event: 12 February 14:00–15:55 EET (UTC+2).
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Platform: The webinar will be held on Microsoft Teams.
You will get a link to join the webinar after your registration.
Timetable
14:00–14:05 Introduction
Markus Kaakinen, Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy, University of Helsinki
14:05–14:10 Opening speech
Mette Schultz, Nordic Council of Ministers
14:10–14:30 Project results: What do we know about unlawful influence in the Nordic justice sector?
Emma Villman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy, University of Helsinki
Vesa Muttilainen, Senior Researcher, Police University College
14:30–14:50 Undue influence by criminal and extremist groups
Anna Horgby, Researcher, The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention
14:50–15:00 Break
15:00–15:20 Organised criminal groups and drug-related violence in Denmark and Sweden
Kim Moeller, Professor, Malmö University
15:20–15:40 Police corruption in a Norwegian context
Gunnar Thomassen, Associate Professor, The Norwegian Police University College
15:40–15.55 General discussion and closing of the webinar
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