A press conference on the realization of the project "Combating Illegal Trade through Research, Education and Awareness" will be held on Tuesday, 26.11.2019 at 12 pm at the NinamediaPress Center in Novi Sad.
The project "Combating Illegal Trade through Research, Education and Awareness" is funded by PMI IMPACT - a global initiative launched by Philip Morris International Inc to support public, private and non-governmental organizations in the development and implementation of projects against illegal trade and related crime , implemented by the Faculty of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship in Belgrade, Serbia, with the Center for Democracy and Human Rights - CEDEM from Podgorica, Montenegro, as a partner in the project.
The project will focus on the illegal trade of tobacco, alcohol and drugs, analyzing the links between illegal trade, corruption and money laundering.
The objectives of the project are to investigate following illegal activities:
• smuggling of tobacco, alcohol and drugs;
• counterfeiting of tobacco and alcohol products;
• identifying links between illegal trade and other forms of crime - corruption, money laundering and organized crime;
• identification of deficiencies in the existing legal framework;
• developing and conducting training courses for practitioners in the field of combating illegal trade - police officers, customs officers, tax authorities, etc;
• conducting a wide-ranging communication campaign to raise awareness of the problems of illegal trade and its links with other forms of crime.
The speakers at the conference are:
1. Ognjen Marković, CEDEM program manager - keynote speaker
2. Prof. dr. Zorana Nikitovic, Project Manager, Faculty of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship Belgrade - presentation of the project
3. Prof. dr. Milos Besic, Head of Project Research, CEDEM - presentation of the research part of the project
4. Goran Lapcevic, Project Team Leader, Faculty of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship Belgrade - presentation of education and awareness raising activities.