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Programme: Knowledge Forum III in Vilnius

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Date: 3-4 June 2015
Venue: Hotel Crowne Plaza, Vilnius, Lithuania
Languages: English, Russian, Lithuanian (simultaneous translation)
Target group: Baltic and Nordic police, prosecutors, border guards, representatives of ministries, politicians, and NGOs
Participation: invited guests only, pre-registration is required latest on 22 May 2015. If you are interested in participating in the knowledge forum and wish to have an invitation, please contact:
– Nordic participants: Carita Peltonen (carita.i.peltonen@gmail.com)
– Estonian participants: Merle Kuusk, NCM Office in Estonia (merle.kuusk@norden.ee)
– Latvian participants: Daina Mežecka, NCM Office in Latvia (Daina@norden.lv)
– Lithuanian participants: dr. Reda Sirgediene, the Ministry of the Interior of republic of Lithuania (Reda.Sirgediene@vrm.lt)

Download the programme in:
– English
– Lithuanian

  • 2 June

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    Get together, wine and snacks at the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Lithuania

    18.30-20.30 Click here to view directons from Hotel Crowne Plaza to the NCM office in Vilnius and from Grata Hotel to the NCM office in Vilnius

  • 3 June

  • Moderators: Dr. Reda Sirgediene, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania and Ms Carita Peltonen, International Expert on Trafficking in Human Beings

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    Opening statements

    10.00

    • Artūras Norkevičius, Vice-minister, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
    • Kenneth Broman, Chief of Staff, Nordic Council of Ministers
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    Panel I

    10.15

    National Procedures and Challenges of Identification of Victims of Human Trafficking: Lithuanian Experience

    • Arūnas Meška, Prosecutor, Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania

    Comments:

    • Nils Majewski, Senior Detective Constable, Helsinki Police Department, Finland
    • Maija Koskenoja, Finnish National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings
    • Arturs Vaišļa, Member of Board, NGO “Vidzeme Region Free from Trafficking in Human Beings”, Latvia

    Experience of Identification of Victims of Human Trafficking of the Lithuanian Police

    • Tomas Puškorius, Chief Investigator, Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau
    • Vytautas Lamauskas, Head of Unit, Public Police Board, Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior, Lithuania

    Comments:

    • Rainet Juuse, Head of Organised and Serious Crime Division, Criminal Bureau, East Prefecture, Estonian Police and Border Guard Board
    • Knut Bråttvik, Police Superintendent, Coordinator of THB, National Police – Kripos, Norway
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    Coffee break

    12.15

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    Panel II

    12.45

    Prosecutor – Police Cooperation in Identification of Victims of Human Trafficking: Norwegian Practice

    • Rudolf Christoffersen, Liaison Police Attorney for Norway, Eurojust
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    Lunch

    13.30

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    14.30

    The Role and Challenges of the Police in Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking in Iceland

    • Alda Hrönn Jóhannsdóttir, Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Identification of Victims in St. Petersburg

    • Maya Rusakova, Director, Regional NGO Stellit, Russia
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    Panel III

    15.45

    Human Trafficking and Uniformed Police

    • Introduction to round tables, discussions, conclusions (including coffee break)
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    Closing of round tables

    17.50

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    Reception at the restaurant Horizontas at Crowne Plaza hotel, 16 floor

    18.00-20.00

  • 4 June

  • Moderators: Dr. Reda Sirgediene, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania and Ms Carita Peltonen, International Expert on Trafficking in Human Beings

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    Panel IV

    9.30

    Identification of Human Trafficking: A Victim Perspective

    • Märta Johansson, Senior Lecturer, Örebro University, Sweden

    Characteristics of Human Trafficking – Challenges for the Prosecutors

    • Leena Koivuniemi, District Prosecutor, Prosecutor’s Office of Inland Finland
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    Coffee break

    10.45

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    Panel V

    11.15

    Victims versus Criminals – Challenges for the Police

    • Henrik Holm Sørensen, Police Inspector, Danish Police, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Social Consequences for the Victims

    • Kristiina Luht, Adviser, Department of Equality Policies, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia

    Regional Coordination of Combating Human Trafficking: Cooperation of Authorities, Police and NGOs

    • Lisa Green, Coordinator Against Human Trafficking, The Central Administration of Social Services, Malmö, Sweden
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    Concluding remarks and closing of the knowledge forum

    13.00

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    Lunch

    13.15-14.30

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