Recent Developments on Financial Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering

blended course

The Center for Education and Lifelong Learning of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Research Institute for Transparency, Corruption and Financial Crime, Faculty of Law-Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (https://websites.auth.gr/anticorruptionlab/) welcome you to the Summer School “Current developments on financial crime, corruption and money laundering: European and international perspectives”, a 50,01-hour hybrid course with the option to attend in person or online, taught with the help of a simultaneous teleconferencing system.

The 6-day intensive courses will focus on ongoing developments of key issues in combating international fraud, corruption and money laundering, international and European anti-fraud mechanisms and procedures, etc. The subjects that are taught in the summer school, are of remarkable interest, as they specialise in top issues in the field of financial crime, corruption and money laundering. At the same time, these are topics that have undergone significant developments in recent years. These developments have resulted to the adoption of acts at European Union level (new EU Financial Interest Fraud Directive, new European Public Prosecutor’s Office Regulation, 5th and 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive), but also to the emergence of new ways and means of committing crimes in the fields of financial crime, corruption and money laundering (bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, offshore companies etc.).

After successful completion of the program, participants receive a Certificate of Training with 3.5 ECTS. Participants, who have attended but not successfully completed the program, will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance.

Course leader

Scientific Director: Ass Pof. Th Papakyriakou, Law School, AUTh, Director of the Research Institute for Transparency, Corruption and Financial Crime
Academic Director: M. Kaiafa-Gbandi, Em. Professor of Law School, AUTh, Founding Member of the ECPI

Target group

The program is addressed to law students, young graduates and professionals with a background in law. Applicants with a background in other disciplines that are relevant to the theme of the summer school will be considered as well.
Application Form can submit those who have:

- a Law degree, or a degree in relevant scientific fields, or
- a certificate of enrollment at a law school, or a certificate of enrollment at a school of relevant scientific field.

Requirements for the participation:

- Access to Internet
- Personal email
- Basic computer skills
Although applicants are not required to present an official certificate of language proficiency, they need to be fluent in English, so that they can follow the courses and interact with fellow students.

A priority order will be followed during the selection of participants.

Course aim

The aim of the program is to conduct an intensive summer school, lasting six days, on European and international developments and perspectives in the fields of financial crime, corruption and money laundering. The summer school aims to develop the knowledge of the participants in the fields of the summer school, through the teaching of courses by professors from distinguished universities abroad, professors and doctors of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as well as by the Head of Unit Criminal Law of the European Commission. The summer school aims, beyond deepening the knowledge of the participants in its subjects, to promote the scientific dialogue between law students and young scientists from different countries of the world, with the support of professors from leading European Universities.
Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, participants will have knowledge of key issues in combating international fraud, corruption and money laundering, international and European anti-fraud mechanisms and procedures, etc. They will have broad, specialized, practical, and theoretical knowledge of current European and international developments and perspectives in the fields of financial crime, corruption and money laundering, and will be aware of the limits of this knowledge. The participants will gain a comprehensive and essential understanding of the legislative and jurisprudential developments in the above fields, in their European and international dimension.

Course Description
- Introduction to EU Criminal Law
- Fraud against the financial interests of the EU
- Combating fraud against the financial interests of the EU – procedural perspectives
- Protecting fundamental rights in the fight against financial crime: General framework
- Protecting fundamental rights in the fight against financial crime: Specific Issues
- The EU institutional framework on organised crime, its significance for combating financial crime, corruption and money laundering, and its role for promoting a ‘European Security Union’
- Money laundering: International and EU perspectives
- Criminal liability for self-money laundering
- Asset recovery and confiscation
- Fighting tax crime: principles and tools
- Cybermoney – a new challenge for Criminal Law
- Corruption and political influence: a comparative study on the regulation of lobbying
- Combating corruption with Criminal Law: International and EU perspectives
- The Proposal for an EU Directive on Combating Corruption
- Validity of contracts formulated under corruption and respective civil liability
- Offshore companies and financial crime: substantive and procedural issues
- Financial crime and digitalisation: the new EU legislation on cross-border access to electronic evidence in criminal matters
- Financial crime: EU perspectives and national problems
- Judicial Cooperation in the EU and the EPPO
- EU as a global actor at the field of financial crime

Credits info

3.5 EC
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

For the successful completion of the programme, the participants should:
- not exceed 10% absences of the scheduled training hours
- have passed the exams
- have paid the tuition fee by the start of the program.
Participants, who have attended but not completed successfully, will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance.

Fee info

EUR 320: In person: Early bird” fee: € 320 to all participants who register before March 31st, 2024.
It includes tuition, course materials, certificate of attendance, breakfast snacks and light lunch during lecture breaks, and participation in the farewell event.
EUR 280: Online:  “Early bird” fee: € 280  to all participants who register before March 31st, 2024.
It includes tuition, course materials and the certificate of attendance.

Scholarships

The Discount policy of the Center for Education and Lifelong Learning AUTh is also applicable.