PROGRAMME
Date: 12–13 November 2014 Venue: Långholmen Conference Centre, Stockholm, Sweden Language: English
12 November
13.00 – 14.00 OPENING Björn Blomqvist, Chief Prosecutor, The Swedish Prosecution Authority Sweden Eva Biaudet, Ombudsman for Minority and National Rapporteur of Trafficking in Human Beings Finland Kajsa Wahlberg, Detective Superintendent and National Rapporteur Sweden Merle Kuusk, Adviser, Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia Estonia Moderator: Christina Voigt, Senior Public Prosecutor, The Swedish Prosecution Authority, Stockholm, Sweden
SESSION I: BERRY PICKING Moderator: Eva Biaudet, Ombudsman for Minority and National Rapporteur of Trafficking in Human Beings, Finland 14.00 Case in Sweden Sweden Christina Voigt, Senior Public Prosecutor, The Swedish Prosecutor Authority, Stockholm 14.45 COMMENTS Mikko Värri, Detective Sergeant, South-Eastern Finland Police Department Finland Kjersti Fykse, Detective Inspector, Hordaland Police District Norway DISCUSSION
15.30 BREAK
SESSION II: RESTAURANTS Moderator: Eva Biaudet, Ombudsman for Minority and National Rapporteur of Trafficking in Human Beings, Finland 16.00 Case in Finland Finland Leena Koivuniemi, District Prosecutor, Prosecutors Office of Inland Finland 16.45 COMMENTS Aldís Hilmarsdóttir, Superintendent, Reykjavik Metropolitan Police Helle Just Krag, Chief Prosecutor, Copenhagen Police Iceland Denmark DISCUSSION
17.30 CLOSING OF SESSION II
19.00 DINNER
13 November
SESSION III: CLEANING Moderator: Venla Roth, Senior Adviser, Ombudsman for Minority/National Rapporteur of Trafficking in Human Beings, Finland 09.00 Case in Denmark Denmark Helle Just Krag, Chief Prosecutor, Copenhagen Police
09.45 COMMENTS David Ludvigsson, Senior Public Prosecutor, International Prosecutor Office Malmö Sweden Hulda Maria Stefánsdóttir, State Prosecutor, National Prosecutor´s Office Iceland DISCUSSION 10.30 BREAK SESSION IV: CHILDREN – BEGGING, PICKPOCKETING, SHOPLIFTING Moderator: Venla Roth, Senior Adviser, Ombudsman for Minority/National Rapporteur of Trafficking in Human Beings, Finland
11.00 Case in Norway Norway Rudolf Christoffersen, Public Prosecutor, Hordaland Police District, Bergen 11.45 COMMENTS Laima Garnelienė, Judge, Appeal Court Lithuania Helena Ljunggren, Senior Public Prosecutor, International Prosecutor Office Malmö Sweden DISCUSSION
12.30 LUNCH
SESSION V: SHAM MARRIAGES Moderator: Venla Roth, Senior Adviser, Ombudsman for Minority/National Rapporteur of Trafficking in Human Beings, Finland
13.30 Case in Latvia Latvia Einārs Zarāns, Criminal Police Inspector, State Police 14.15 COMMENTS Elle-Mai Velling, District Prosecutor, Northern District Prosecutor’s Office Estonia Helle Just Krag, Chief Prosecutor, Copenhagen Police Denmark DISCUSSION
15.00 Legal Proceedings - Challenges Today Norway Hanne Sophie Greve, Vice President, Gulating Court of Appeal, Bergen Former President and Member of Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings GRETA 15.45 CLOSING OF THE EXPERT SEMINAR Christina Voigt, Senior Public Prosecutor, Stockholm
The seminar is being organised within the framework of a Nordic Council of Ministers project entitled ‘Nordic – Baltic – North-West Russian Border Regional Cooperation Part II: Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for Forced Labour, Children and Sexual Exploitation’. Further information about the project can be found online at www.norden.ee/en.
Upcoming project activities: Knowledge Forum II: ‘Social Consequences’ (November 27-28 2014, Riga, Latvia) Peer Review Conference (April 2015, Vilnius) Past activities: Knowledge Forum I: ‘Trafficking in Human Beings: Recruitment, Identification, Victim Support’ (April 24-25 2014, Tallinn, Estonia)