Speaker: Rear Admiral Peter Brown - Assistant Commandant for Response Policy, United States Coast Guard
This presentation will cover different types of cross-border crime at sea. From human smuggling to smuggling of weapons, drugs, piracy and terrorism. What are the newest trends in cross border crime at sea? What are the main threats and do they need to be monitored.
Speaker: Judite Couto - Head of Intelligence Division, Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority
This speaker will explore challenges facing different law enforcement actors at sea and the need for cooperation. How military and coast guard could work together? How Frontex and customs could benefit from each other's expertise and resources? The speaker will explain why law enforcement authorities operating in the maritime domain (coast guard, customs, police, etc.) need to work together to tackle different types of criminal activities. In this context the speaker will introduce the role of Frontex in implementing coast guard functions.
Speaker: Disma Malgarini - Acting Head of Command and Control Centre, Frontex
This presentation will explore MAS contribution to the implementation of coast guard function. This presentation will present the concept of pre-frontier monitoring. It will highlight the fact that thanks to MAS Frontex was able to spot criminal activities and emerging threats.
Speaker: Klaus Rösler - Director of Situational Awareness and Monitoring Division, Frontex
The speaker will explore different security threats that might affect the Schengen area and talk about the counter measures that need to be taken.
Speaker: Robert Črepinko - Head of the European Migrant Smuggling Centre, Europol
The speaker will speak about agencies' role in ensuring security and new area of cooperation, in particular cooperation between Frontex and Europol. Crime Information Cells will be given as one of the examples.
Speaker: Salvatore Lo Bue - Associate Professor, Royal Military Academy of Belgium.
The speaker will talk about mental health aspects of border control. How those whose job is to ensure our security - border guards, coast guard - are affected by their jobs. The issue of mental health of troops has been discussed in the military community for some time but European border and coast guard officers who often experience traumatic situations in their daily work often do not have access to professional help they need.