IT-TLETTAX-IL LEĠIŻLATURA P.L. 1947 Dokument imqiegħed fuq il-Mejda tal-Kamra tad-Deputati fis-Seduta Numru 137 tal-4 ta’ Lulju 2018 mill-Ispeaker, l-Onor. Anġlu Farrugia. ___________________________ Raymond Scicluna Skrivan tal-Kamra 11th Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum 2 July 2018 Berlin, Germany Hon Anglu Farrugia, Speaker Parliamentary Delegation Report to the House of Representatives. Date: 2nd July 2018 Venue: Berlin, Germany. Maltese delegation: Honourable Anglu Farrugia, President of the House of Representatives. Programme: At the invitation of the US Member of Congress, Robert Pittenger, Chairman of the Congressional Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare and Han. Johannes Salles M.P. from the Bundestag, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta, Honourable Anglu Farrugia, was invited to participate at the meeting of the 11'h Parliamentary Security-Intelligence Forum. Participation of Speaker Anglu Farrugia at the 2018 Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum, co-hosted by Congressman Robert Pittenger and Honourable Member of the German Bundestag, Johannes Salles MP, held on the 2nd July 2018. The forum was opened by opening statement by Congressman Pittinger and Han. Stephan Mayer who is the Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior followed by Han. Volkmar Klein. There were six panels which I attended them all. The first panel was about the FlU perspective with regards to terrorism financing and tax evasion. The panel was addressed among other keynote speakers Bruno Kahl, President of the Federal Intelligence Service and Andreas Frank who is advisor to the Council of Europe for Anti Money Laundering Directive. The second panel was about the law enforcement perspective which centralised on human trafficking, identity theft and cyber crime. The three main keynote speakers where one from the Interpol, another one was the Commissioner of the Police Erik Akerboom from the Netherlands and the Director Belgian Special Tax Inspectorate Vannie Hulot. The third panel was about the regulatory perspective with regards to addressing of sanctions, corruption and information sharing. James Freis, former FinCEN Director, now Chief Compliance Officer of the Deutche Boerse and the representative from the Balkans and Frederick Reynolds where the keynote speakers. The fourth panel was about industry perspective and the panel addressed the public private partnerships. Mainly the speakers where Mr J.R. Helmig SAS former forum speaker, Kristin Reif, Director Illicit Trade Prevention Philip, Maurice International and Jessica Knight main director Sayari Analytics. The fifth panel was about EU perspective which was addressed by the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany, Sabine Wellingan and the President of the German Federal Office for Information Security Arne Schonbohn and also the Vice President of the Government and Industrial Relation of Ericsson, Ulf Pehrsson. The sixth panel addressed the emerging market and countries' perspective and was addressed by Klein Volkmar MP, Andrew Davenport who is the advisor in the Advisory Group, Prague Security Studies Institute and Gabrielle Haddad who is Sigma Ratings CEO. The closing remarks were done by Congressman Robert Pittinger, the Member of Parliament of Bundestag Germany Johannes Salles and the Member of the Egyptian Parliament Karine Darwiesh. My interpretation was mainly on the question of enforcement especially when with the regards to FlU, Germany, the largest EU member has at least 40,000 reports of money laundering suspicions which are waiting at the dest because of lack of enforcement officials in order to investigate these reports. In fact I was referring to a comment by Andreas Frank when he mentioned the gaming companies in Malta to the intention that things are not clear enough with regards to the correctness of the registration of these companies where I even invited him to come to Malta, to see with his own eyes whether or not the compliance is in order to the effect that Malta is in full compliance with the Anti Money Laundering Directive ofthe EU. I stressed the point that if one of the leading countries in Europe, which is Germany, has not enough staff within the FIAU in order to fight organised crime or reported crime or reported money laundering, then the battle is already lost within the EU. I commented that if you don't track the money trail, you cannot address money laundering. Terrorists have their own network so we have to follow the money in order to find the source. This is the same approach with regards to the cyber caliphate of the ISIS with regards to the way they organised crime and the way they finance their own terrorist activities. Cyber attacks and fake news should also be included in the holistic approach with regards to addressing the financing of terror finance as a threat to national security is in itself already a threat and an easy path for financing terrorism. So I stressed the point that we have to raise more awareness of these issues. We have to popolarise the enforcement and we have to have collective approach not only within the EU but also Cross Atlantic with the United States of America. The conference came to an end late in the evening of the 2nd July. Speaker of the House of Representatives DIPARTIMENT TAL-INFORMAZZJONI DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MALTA Press Release PR 181489 01.07.2018 PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER Speaker Anglu Farrugia participates in the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum held in Berlin, Germany Speaker Anglu Farrugia left Malta for Berlin to participate in the 11th Parliamentary Intelligence· Security Forum. The Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum is being co-organised by US Congressman and Chairman of the Congressional Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare Robert Pittinger, and Johannes Selle, MP from the Bundestag. Attachments: none Page: 1 of 1 3, CASTILLE PLACE, VALLETTA VLT 2000 Tel +(356) 2200 1700 Fax +(356) 2200 1775 [email protected] www.doi.gov.mt Bilateral meeting with Ms Hope Hutchinson, Treasury Advisor- EUCOM During my participation at the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum on the 2nd July, 2018, I met Ms Hope Hutchinson, the Treasury Advisor and Policy Advisor of the Terrorist and Financial Intelligence Crimes of the US Department of the Treasury Terrorism and Financial Intelligence of Washington who was also attending this Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum. She requested a meeting with me to discuss some recent legislation enacted in Malta related to virtual currency, digital innovation and sanctions. The bilateral meeting was held at the German Bundestag, and present for the meeting was also the Ambassador of Malta to Germany. I gave Miss Hutchinson a copy of documentation related to Bills discussed in Parliament, mainly the proposed regulatory framework for virtual currencies and the distributed leisure technology known as DLT. I explained to her that the Maltese Parliament has already approved these three Bills at the Second Reading stage. The first occasion when these were explained to the public was on the 16 February when Han. Silvio Schembri, the Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation, unveiled a consultation document on the establishment of the Malta Digital Authority. I explained to her that the Maltese regulator is currently working on these three documents. During this meeting I explained to Ms. Hutchinson who later on was joined also by Congressman Pittinger together with his staff about the related definitions of what constitute for example revolution in the financial services industries like the distributed leisure technology or the types of DLT or the actual auditing of these virtual currencies within this new industry and also the fact that Malta was the first to legislate these important legislations in the whole world. I also explained to her that the Han. Silvio Schembri had also meetings in the States, primarily in New York. She was very much interested in the fact that we immediately addressed this new business of virtual currency technology where it is now being regulated and not left unregulated. I stressed the point that there is no question of going back because the Bitcoin and other virtual currences are here to stay and we will have more of them in the immediate future. She was very much interested and also having a copy of what has been debated in Parliament where I assured her that there was a clear open debate between Government and Opposition where both ofthem agreed to pass these legislations and these legislations are now a model for other countries to follow. The meeting ended with the understanding that she will receive further information from the Maltese Parliament after I return back to Malta following this Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum. During the meeting I was always accompanied by Ambassador Friggieri, the Maltese Ambassador in Germany. Annex to this report: • Invite to the participants dated 26th March 2018 to participate at the 11th Parliamentary Intelligence & Security Forum. • Programme • Parliamentary Intelligence & Security Forum -Winter 2015-2016 Report • gth Parliamentary Intelligence & Security Forum Report ROBERT PITTENGER OISHIICT OFFICES: M~MBEA Of CONGRESS 5970 fAIRVIEW Rol\ll flm DISlmCT, NollTII CAROLINA SUITE 430 CHAI\LOnE, NC 28210 {704) 362·"1060 224 CANNON HouaE 0Hit:t: BUILOIN(l fAX! (704) 365N63S4 WASHINGTCl~J, DC 20!>16 ~ongre$)5 of tbe mntteb ~tates (202) 225-1976 f'AX: (202} 226-3369 ~ouse 100 w, J~;HEnaoN SnH:~r of lL\epresentati\.Jcs Sun-e1A MONROE, NC 2tS1 12 (704) 917-91\73 COMMlnlfOS: 'Bn!ilJtnnton, tllll!: 20515-3309 FINANCIAL SERVICES March 26, 2018 301 GAEEN STR~ET SUITE 316 r:Av~nF.VILLE, NC 28301 Dear Forum Participant (!'110) 303-0609 Wmm greetings. The planning for the 11 111 Parliamentm·y Intelligence Security Forum in Berlin, Germany is underway. We would like to inform yon that this event will take place on July 2, 2018.