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.

The morning session will reflect the need to protect the integrity of the UK against organised crime groups and networks operating internationally. This involves protection of the UK’s physical and virtual border from the impact of illicit commodities, organised immigration crime and human trafficking, among other threats. 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 will consider new and emerging trends in the threat from serious and organised crime to the UK emanating from overseas.

Chair: Stan Gilmour, Professor of Practice, Keele University, and National Risk Technology Lead, National Police Chiefs’ Council

Speakers:
Rowan Newman, SOCnet Regional Coordinator, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Dr Jodi Vittori, Professor of Practice and Global Politics and Security Concentration Co-Chair, Georgetown University
Liam O’Shea, Senior Research Fellow, Organised Crime and Policing, RUSI
Bertie Kerr, BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

Chair: Karin von Hippel, Director-General, RUSI

Speaker: Tamara Schotte, Head of Analysis and Strategic Coordination Unit, Europol

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 ‘overseas’ themes, with a focus on objectives, structures and tools to disrupt SOC overseas. Groups will report back a summary of discussions to the wider group.

Lunch will be provided for conference attendees.

The final afternoon session will address the evolving criminal use of technology as an enabler of all serious and organised crime threats. This will involve a focus on the exponential growth of online criminality, whereby criminals exploit technology and the online environment to commit offences in a range of areas, from fraud to child sexual abuse and exploitation. It will also involve consideration of the UK’s ability to respond to emerging criminal and technological challenges in these areas. 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 presents new evidence and insights on the threat from cyber-enabled fraud, covering both the evolution of the threat and the current response.

Chair: Professor David S Wall, Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds

Speakers:       
Kathryn Westmore, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI
Harvey Redgrave, Executive Director, Crest Advisory
Helena Wood, Head of Public Policy, Cifas

Coffee and tea will be available for conference attendees.

A high-level conversation on the changing nature of the movement online of many aspects of the serious and organised crime threat to the UK and the contemporary manifestations of these threats.

Chair: James Sullivan, Director, Cyber, RUSI

Speaker: Sir Rob Wainwright, Group Chief Information Security Officer, UBS

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 ‘online’ themes. Groups will report back a summary of discussions to the wider group.

Chair: Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director-General

Speaker: Dan Jarvis MP, Shadow Minister for Security

Speaker: Kate Appleby, Deputy Director, Strategy, NCA