Invitation to Attend and Participate the Roundtable Discussion on

“STOP ILLEGAL TRADE”

Date: Belgrade, Serbia, December 3-5, 2020

The Faculty of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, Belgrade, Serbia and the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, Podgorica, Montenegro are pleased to invite you to attend and participate a Roundtable Discussion they are jointly organizing on the theme: ,, STOP ILLEGAL TRADE,,.

The Roundtable Discussion is organized within the project “Combating Illegal Trade Through Research, Education and Awareness“, funded by PMI IMPACT, a global initiative launched by Philip Morris International Inc. to support public, private and non-governmental organizations for the development and implementation of projects against illegal tobacco trade and related crimes. More about the project at the following link: Link

By organizing this Roundtable Discussion, we want to gather experts from all over the world, especially from the countries of the Western Balkans, whose research and engagements are focused on some of the following topics:
• smuggling of tobacco, alcohol and drugs
• counterfeiting of tobacco and alcohol products
• corruption
• money laundering
• organized crime

We will be pleased for you to take part in the Roundtable Discussion and, with your papers or presentations, to contribute to solving the problems of illegal trade in the countries of the Western Balkans.

Papers and presentations are to be submitted by November 1, 2020 to the e-mail: citrea@vspep.edu.rs.

The paper should be written in English. The scope of the paper is limited to 15 pages. A paper writing template is attached to the e-mail. The number of authors to which the paper should be attributed is three. All accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the Roundtable Discussion.

Roundtable Discussion Agenda

Thursday, December 3, 2020
11.00–12.00 Registration
12.00–13.00 Opening Ceremony and Press Conference
13.00–15.00 Lunch
15.00–17.00 Session: "COMBATING ILLEGAL TRADE IN THE WESTERN BALKANS"

Friday, December 4, 2020
9.00-10.00 Registration
10.00–12.00 Session: “RESEARCH IN THE FUNCTION OF COMBATING ILLEGAL TRADE”
12.00–14.00 Lunch
14.00–16.00 Session: “MODELS AND SCENARIOS OF ILLEGAL TRADE ”
16.00–16.30 Refreshments

Saturday, December 5, 2020
9.00-10.00 Registration
10.00–12.00 Session: “LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN COMBATING ILLEGAL TRADE”
12.00–14.00 Lunch
14.00–16.00 Session: “THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN COMBATING ILLEGAL TRADE”
16.00–16.30 Refreshments

For further information, feel free to contact the e-mail address: citrea@vspep.edu.rs.

Organizing Committee of the Roundtable Discussion