Serious and Organised Crime Conference 2023

Attendees are requested to arrive several minutes before the conclusion of registration to guarantee they are seated for the start of the conference.

Speakers:  
Karin Von Hippel, Director General, RUSI
Charlie Edwards, Director, Strategy and Change, NCA

Chair: Karin von Hippel, Director General, RUSI
Speaker: Graeme Biggar, Director General, NCA

An overview of the scale, nature and complexity of the serious and organised crime threat as it impacts the UK in 2023.

Chair: Cathy Haenlein, Director, Organised Crime and Policing, RUSI

Speakers:
Angela Me, Chief Research and Trend Analysis Branch, UNODC
Virginia Comolli, Head of Pacific Programme, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Nic Woodhall, Head of Intelligence Analysis, National Crime Agency

Coffee and tea will be available for conference attendees.

A high-level conversation on the blurring of the lines between serious and organised crime and state threats, and what this means for the current response.

Chair: Matthew Redhead, Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI

Speakers:           
The Lord Evans of Weardale KCB DL, Former Director General of the British Security Service (2007–13)
Jennifer Calvery, General Manager, Group Head of Financial Crime, HSBC

This panel will focus on case studies, best practice and lessons learned in relation to collaboration across sectors to counter serious and organised crime.

Chair: Dr Bill Merrill, Chair, HUMINT Academic Hub, NCA

Speakers:
Dr Rajan Basra, Senior Research Fellow, Kings College London
Heather Marquette, Professor of Development Politics, University of Birmingham and Senior Research Fellow (Conflict & Governance) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Phininder Balaghan, Global AI Capability Lead, QinetiQ and Head of Partnerships, Naimuri

Lunch will be provided for conference attendees.

The afternoon session will focus on the goal of degrading the most harmful crime groups and networks, and those who enable their activities. In order to support the pursuit of the most sophisticated and determined criminals, the session will focus on professional enablers, as well as international experiences in combatting kleptocracy, among other key topics. Across these themes, panels and discussions will be used to present the latest evidence and research; articulate NCA and wider system research requirements in this area; and explore how academics and researchers can support these specific needs.

This panel covers the role of professional enablers in facilitating serious and organised crime impacting the UK and presents the latest research and evidence in relation to the effectiveness of the response.

Chair: Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI

Speakers:
Oliver Bullough, Author and investigative journalist
Dr Katie Benson, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Manchester
Dr Susan Hawley, Executive Director, Spotlight on Corruption
Adrian Searle, Director, National Economic Crime Centre, NCA

This panel considers different international experiences in relation to efforts to combat kleptocracy, placing the current UK response in wider context.

Chair: Tom Keatinge, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI

Speakers:
Duncan Tessier, Director, Economic Crime, Home Office
Maryam Hussain, Global Fraud & Corruption Investigator, Ernst & Young LLP
David Lim, Task Force KleptoCapture

Coffee and tea will be available for conference attendees.

Instructions will be given in the Dangoor Hall,

Discussion questions will be set, with a focus on identifying how academics can support NCA and wider system research requirements across key ‘upstream’ themes. Groups will report back a summary of discussions to the wider group.

Keynote speaker to be announced shortly.

Speaker: James Babbage, Director General (Threats), NCA

There is a drinks reception for all attendees.