VOX-Pol Member Professor Maura Conway presented at the ‘EU versus Crime‘ conference co-organised by Europol and the European Commission. This event kicked off of Europol’s 25th anniversary year.
The festivities kicked off on 28 May at the EU versus Crime conference, co-organised by Europol and the European Commission. Europol’s Executive Director Catherine De Bolle and the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, together with panellists from law enforcement, policymaking and civil society, looked back at the internal security achievements of the last five years.
Prof Conway spoke on the panel Shaping the Future: Counteracting Terrorism and Radicalisation in the Digital Age alongside Manuel Navarrete, Director of the Spanish Intelligence Centre for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime, and Anna Sjöberg, Head of the Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre. Their discussion covered the topics of online radicalisation, encrypted messaging platforms, current threats and future directions. The panel can be watched below and at this YouTube link.