Wednesday, 13 – Friday, 15 September 2017 School for the Judiciary (SSM), Villa di Castel Pulci 43, Scandicci (Florence)

EJTN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEMINAR

[CR/2017/06]

With financial support from the Justice

Programme of the European Union

MIGRANT SMUGGLING & INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS:

EAW & MLA SIMULATIONS

This training is based on a ‘learn-by-doing’ methodology and the simulation of the different stages of EU judicial cooperation in the fight against cross-border crime. Participants will work on the basis of a case inspired by real facts and involving both national and cross-border judicial cooperation.

This training will require strong interaction between the participants forming the 3 different national Core Groups (CGs). Participants will comment on the practical cases according to their national legal systems and, most importantly, learn about their colleagues’ systems in

counterpart Member States, thereby promoting EU cooperation and mutual trust when executing a European Arrest Warrant or requesting Mutual Legal Assistance. Participants will be assisted by international and national experts, EJN contact points and EUROJUST representatives.

A comprehensive overview of the work of EUROJUST and the EJN, and their contribution to international judicial cooperation in criminal matters, will be also be addressed.

The working language of the training is English but participants may use their national language when discussing the case within their national group.

WEDNESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2017

8.30-09.00 Arrival and registration of the participants

09.00-09.10 Welcome Words TBC Scuola Superiore della Magistratura (SSM)

09.10-09.30 Presentation of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) & Pre-Training Knowledge Assessment (Turning Technologies)

EJTN Project Manager, EJTN Secretariat

09.30-09.45 Introduction to the Seminar Marco ALMA Judge, General Coordinator of the EJTN Criminal Justice I Project

09.45-10.30 The European Judicial Network in Criminal Matters (EJN): Competences, actions and role in assisting in judicial cooperation

Vincenzo PICCIOTTI EJN National Correspondent for Italy; Office for International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters, Directorate General for Criminal Justice, Ministry of Justice

10.30-11.00 Group Photo & Coffee Break

11.00-12.45 Study of Cases: Drafting International Requests Breakout Rooms

National Experts:

Tuuli EEROLAINEN State Prosecutor, Prosecutor

General’s Office, International Unit; Finnish

National Expert

Danka HRŽINA Municipal Deputy State Attorney,

seconded to the General State Attorney´s Office of

the Republic of Croatia; Croatian National Expert

Giuseppe PIGHI Prosecutor, Verona General

Prosecutor’s Office, Italian National Expert

EUROJUST Delegates:

Donata COSTA Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s

Office attached to the court of Milan, Eurojust

appointed delegate

Piia VOTTONEN National Member for Finland,

Finnish National Desk, Eurojust

TBC EUROJUST representative for Croatia

12.45-14.00 Lunch Break

14.00-15.30 Study of Cases: Drafting International Requests (Continuation) Breakout Rooms

National Experts and EUROJUST Delegates

15.30-16.00 Coffee Break

16.00-17.30

Study of Cases: Drafting International Requests (Continuation) Breakout Rooms

National Experts and EUROJUST Delegates

17.30

19.30

End of Day 1

Official Seminar Dinner

DRAFT PROGRAMME CORE GROUP 1 CROATIA / CORE GROUP 2 FINLAND / CORE GROUP 3 ITALY

FRIDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2017

8.45-09.00 Arrival and registration of the participants

9.00-10.00 Lecture: European Actors and the Effectiveness of the European Arrest Warrant: The Role of EUROJUST in Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

Piia VOTTONEN National Member for Finland,

Finnish National Desk, Eurojust

10.00-10.45 Execution of a EAW and MLA Requests: Final Conclusions by the Core Groups

National Experts and EUROJUST Delegates

10.45-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-12.00 Plenary Session – Chair: Project General Coordinator (1) Final Debriefing by Rapporteurs from CG1, CG2 and CG3 (2) Report by the National Experts

National Experts and EUROJUST Delegates

12.00-12.15 Assessment of Knowledge Acquired (Turning Technologies) & Evaluation of the Training by the Participants (Submission of Evaluation Forms)

EJTN Project Manager, EJTN Secretariat

Marco ALMA Judge, General Coordinator of the EJTN Criminal Justice I Project

12.15 Light Lunch & Departure of the Participants

NATIONAL EXPERTS, EUROJUST & EJN SPEAKERS Marco ALMA Judge, General Coordinator of the EJTN Criminal Justice I Project

Donata COSTA Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s Office attached to

the Court of Milan, Eurojust appointed delegate

Tuuli EEROLAINEN State Prosecutor, Prosecutor General’s Office,

International Unit; Finnish National Expert

Alfio Gabriele FRAGALÀ Public Prosecutor, Prosecution Office of Catania, Italy

Danka HRŽINA Municipal Deputy State Attorney, seconded to the General State Attorney´s Office of the Republic of Croatia; Croatian National Expert

Vincenzo PICCIOTTI EJN National Correspondent for Italy; Office for International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters, Directorate General for Criminal Justice, Ministry of Justice

Giuseppe PIGHI Prosecutor, Verona General Prosecutor’s Office,

Italian National Expert

Piia VOTTONEN National Member for Finland, Finnish National

Desk, Eurojust

TBC EUROJUST, Croatia

THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2017

08.45-09.00 Arrival and registration of the participants

9.00-10.30 Lecture: Investigation Techniques and Judicial Cooperation in Migrant Smuggling Cases: A Practical Approach

Alfio Gabriele FRAGALÀ Public Prosecutor, Prosecution Office of Catania, Italy

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-13.00 Executing a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) and a Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) Request Breakout Rooms

National Experts and EUROJUST Delegates

13.00-14.00 Lunch Break

14.00-15.15 Executing a EAW and a MLA Request (Continued) Breakout Rooms

National Experts and EUROJUST Delegates 15.15-16.30 General Debriefing on the Execution of a EAW and MLA by

the Core Groups Breakout Rooms

16.30 End of Day 2

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