The timing of the conference is significant as from April, 2024, the Financial Intelligence Unit of Latvia (FIU Latvia) will become the national competent authority in Latvia for the implementation of EU sanctions. To mark the occasion and emphasize new roles and responsibilities, FIU Latvia in cooperation with the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at the UK's Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA) is organizing hybrid conference, the agenda of which you can find below.
9:20–09:40 | Welcome remarks Toms Platacis, Head of FIU Latvia Rihards Kozlovskis, Minister for Interior, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Latvia
9.40–9.45 | Keynote speaker David O’Sullivan, EU Sanctions Envoy (remotely)
9.45-10.00 | A Conversation Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine
Moderator: Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI
10.00–11.00 | Discussion - Making Domestic Implementation Models Succeed Pia Sarivaara, Team Leader for Sanctions Team, Finland Toms Platacis, Head of FIU Latvia Laura Aus, Deputy Head of FIU Estonia Aimee Langley, Head of Licensing Strategy and Delivery, OFSI, UK
Moderator: Paulis Iljenkovs, Deputy Head of FIU Latvia
11.30-11.45 | A conversation: The Role of Research in Making Sanctions Work Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at Conversation - The Role of Research in Making Sanctions Work RUSI
Moderator: Dr Kinga Redlowska, Head of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security at RUSI Europe
11.45-12.00 | A Coversation Benjamin Hilgenstock, Senior Economist, Kyiv School of Economics
Moderator: Gonzalo Saiz, Research Analyst, Centre for Financial Crime and Security at RUSI
12.00-13.00 | Discussion - Making Enforcement Count Natālija Veselova, The State Revenue Service of Latvia, Tax and customs police department, Head of Customs Investigation Unit Ruud Leeuwendaal, FIOD, Head of Team Anti-Terrorism Financing and Sanctions, the Netherlands Lars Schmidt, Director and Sanctions Coordinator at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Moderator: Dr Kinga Redlowska, Head of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security at RUSI Europe
14.00-14.15 | A Conversation Pierre-Arnaud Lotton, Sanctions Policy Officer, DG for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FISMA)
Moderator: Marta Tilhena, FIU Latvia, Head of Sanctions Implementation Division
14.15-15.15 | Discussion - Making Public-Private Cooperation Stronger Emil Dall, Senior Consultant, Sanctions Lead at FINTRAIL, Associate Fellow at CFCS at RUSI Gem Conn, Vice President, Content Strategy and Quality, Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones, Deutsche Bank Laima Letiņa, Advisor, Finance Latvia Association
Moderator: Tom Keatinge, Director, the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI
15.15-15.30 | A Conversation between Michael Khoo, Co-Director, Task Force KleptoCapture (USDOJ) (remotely) and Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI
15.30-15.40 | Closing remarks Paulis Iljenkovs, Deputy Head of FIU Latvia
