A delegation of the House of Representatives to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean will take part in a conference on the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (Palermo Convention), to be held in Naples.
According to an announcement by the Parliament, MPs Andreas Pashourtides (head of the delegation), Rita Theodorou Superman, Christos Orphanides and Charalambos Theopemptou will go to Naples on Sunday to participate in a High-Level Conference entitled “The Palermo Convention: The Future of the Fight against Transnational Organised Crime”, which will take place on 20 and 21 June, 2022.
Issues related to the evaluation of existing implementation tools of the Convention will be discussed, in particular issues such as the exploitation and trafficking of persons, trafficking in arms and ammunition, the link between transnational organised crime and terrorism, environmental and cultural crimes, as well as the exploitation of new information and communication technologies by international criminal networks, the announcement concludes.
Source: Cyprus News Agency