Name: The Future of the Anti-fraud Architecture
Start: 2025-11-20T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-21T13:00:00+01:00
Location: Chambre des Métiers

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The Department of Law of the ��Vlog invites you to a conference on emerging challenges in the EU anti-fraud enforcement

Abstract

This 2-day conference takes place at a pivotal moment, as the EU’s anti-fraud framework undergoes significant redefinition and recalibration. Two main forces drive this transformation: institutional change, including an evolving enforcement architecture, new competencies for OLAF, the growing role of the EPPO, and the arrival of new actors such as the Anti-Money Laundering Authority; and technological advancement, from the collection and analysis of electronic evidence to the application of AI in fraud investigations. The conference’s primary goal is to examine in depth this rapidly shifting landscape of fraud investigation, bringing together legal professionals, policymakers, and academics, and featuring contributions from both leading practitioners and prominent researchers in the field.

Language

English.

This is a free conference. Registration is mandatory.

Programme

Thursday, 20 November 2025

09.15 – 09.30
Welcome address and introduction to the conference
- Katalin Ligeti, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, ��Vlog
- Frank Michlik, Head of Unit Legislation and Policy, OLAF
09.30 – 09.45

The Future of the Anti-fraud Architecture: Introduction to the conference

Stanisław Tosza, Associate Professor in Compliance and Law Enforcement, ��Vlog
09.45 – 10.15

Keynote address: The EPPO perspective on the changing anti-fraud architecture: looking beyond and navigating the pitfalls

Miranda de Meijer, European Prosecutor, EPPO, Professor (European) Public Prosecution, University of Amsterdam
10.15 – 11.00
Gathering electronic evidence from online services providers in administrative punitive proceedings – presentation of the comparative study and policy recommendations

Discussants:
- Stanisław Tosza, Associate Professor in Compliance and Law Enforcement, ��Vlog
- Salomé Lannier, Postdoctoral researcher / MSCA Fellow, ��Vlog
11.00 – 11.15

Coffee break
11.15 – 12.30
Panel 1: Gathering electronic evidence from online services providers in administrative punitive proceedings – solutions in national legal system

Chair: Niovi Vavoula, Associate Professor and Chair in Cyber Policy, ��Vlog

Discussants:
- Dominik Brodowski, Professor for Europeanization, Internationalization and Digital Transformation of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Saarland University, “Germany”
- Juhana Riekkinen, University Lecturer, University of Lapland, “Finland”
- Giulia Lasagni, Associate Professor, University of Bologna, “Italy”
- Aart de Vries, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, “The Netherlands”
12.30 – 13.30

Lunch break
13.30 – 15.00
Panel 2: The anti-fraud landscape in transition

Chair: Gert Vermeulen, Professor of (International & European) Criminal Law, Ghent University

Discussants:
- Marta Laszuk, Deputy Head of the Legal Unit, OLAF, “OLAF: current legal challenges and future perspectives”
- Luca De Matteis, Head of the Legal Service, EPPO, “EPPO: current legal challenges and future perspectives”
- Karolina Kremens, Professor and the Director of Digital Justice Centre, University of Wrocław, “Between Reform and Resistance: The Challenges of the EPPO in Poland”
- Katalin Ligeti, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, ��Vlog, “Between national procedural law and Union oversight: the emerging jurisprudence of national courts on the EPPO procedural acts”
15.00 – 15.15

Coffee break
15.15 – 16.45
Panel 3: The anti-fraud landscape in transition (continued)

Chair: Katalin Ligeti, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, ��Vlog

Discussants:
- Georgia Theodorakakou, Doctoral researcher, ��Vlog, “Has the EPPO tilted the scale of justice? A critical look at the changing roles of prosecutors and judges and its impact on procedural guarantees”
- Zlata Đurđević, Professor, Zagreb University, “Sovereignty or Impunity: Jurisdictional Conflict between European and National Prosecution of the Political Elite”
- Katia Villard, Professor, University of Geneva, “A supranational anti-money laundering authority: perspectives and challenges”
- Vanessa Franssen, Professor, University of Liège, “The establishment of the EU Customs Authority: Softly but effectively stepping up the fight against customs fraud?”
16.45 – 17.45
Panel 4: Roundtable: The present and the future of the Anti-Fraud Landscape

Chair: John Vervaele, Professor in European Criminal Law, College of Europe, Bruges, and Emeritus Professor, Utrecht University

Discussants:
- Valsamis Mitsilegas, Professor and Dean of the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool
- Michiel Luchtman, Professor, Utrecht University
- Araceli Turmo, Associate Professor, Nantes University

Friday, 21 November 2025

09.00 – 09.30

Keynote address: Evolving anti-fraud landscape; reaction to policy developments

Salla Saastamoinen, Acting Director-General , OLAF
09.30 – 11.00
Panel 5: Fraud in transition: responding to old and new forms of criminality

Chair: Thomas Wahl, Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

Discussants:
- Maxime Lassalle, Associate Professor, University of Burgundy, “The EU anti-fraud architecture and the 6th AML package”
- Denise Boriero, Doctoral researcher, University of Milan and Collaborator, Centre of Security and Crime Sciences, University of Trento and University of Verona & Beatrice Panattoni, Post-doctoral researcher, ��Vlog, “From Paper Trails to Data Flows: Comparative Insights from a EU CYBER-VAT Study”
- Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Professor, LUISS University, “Mitigating the EU Funds Curse: Smart Anticorruption for the 21^st&�Բ��;��Գٳܰ��”
- Nicola Ruccia, Associate Professor, University of Sannio, “The balance of powers in the anti-fraud measures regarding the Recovery and Resilience Regulation”
11.00 – 11.15

Coffee break
11.15 – 12.45
Panel 6: Enforcement challenges in the anti-fraud procedures

Chair: Gintaras Švedas, Professor, Vilnius University

Discussants:
- Serena Quattrocolo, Professor, University of Turin, “Preventing and Investigating: new digital and legislative tools to fight PIF crimes”
- Sławomir Steinborn, Professor of Criminal Procedure, University of Gdańsk, President of the Court of Appeal of Gdańsk, “Can European Delegated Prosecutor take part in court proceedings via videoconference? Remote participation in cross-border criminal proceedings regarding PIF cases”
- Vincenzo Mongillo, Professor, University of Rome “Unitelma Sapienza”, “Confiscation for the Protection of EU Financial Interests: Lessons from the Italian Experience in the Light of EU Law and ECtHR Case Law”
- Elżbieta Hryniewicz-Lach, Professor, Adam-Mickiewicz-University in Poznań, “Protecting the EU’s financial interests through asset confiscation”
12.45.- 13.00

Closing of the conference

Stanisław Tosza, Associate Professor in Compliance and Law Enforcement, ��Vlog

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