Event

Summer School “ Curr ent developments on financial crime, corruption and money laundering: European and international perspectives”

The Research Institute for Transparency, Corruption and Financial Crime, Faculty of Law - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (http://anti-corruption.law.auth.gr/), through the Center for Education and Lifelong Learning of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will host an intensive 8-day summer school on current developments in the fields of financial crime, corruption and money laundering at a national, European and international level, for participants who wish to advance their knowledge in the area.

The summer school will focus on ongoing developments regarding key issues in combating international fraud, corruption and money laundering, international and European anti-fraud mechanisms and procedures, etc. Current developments to be discussed will include, inter alia, the recent Directive on fraud against the EU financial interests, the Regulation on the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which recently came into force, asset recovery and confiscation, offshore companies, corruption, etc.

Speakers include:

Prof. Lorena Bachmaier Winter, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

Ass. Prof. Pedro Caeiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Dr. Peter Csonka, Head of Unit (Criminal Law) at European Commission DG Justice

Prof. Thomas Elholm, University of Copenhagen

Prof. Maria Kaiafa-Gbandi, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece

Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas, Queen Mary London,UK

Prof. Helmut Satzger, LMU University Munich, Germany

Who can apply?

For information on eligibility and application procedure please consult here

All courses are taught in English. Although applicants are not required to present an official certificate of language proficiency, they need to be fluent in English, so that they follow the courses and interact with fellow students.