Seminar | 4/24/2023
How does the EU combat forms of crime that are becoming increasingly well-organized and transnational? This will be discussed at SNS by Ylva Johansson, EU commissioner, Johan Olsson, head of the Swedish Police Authority’s National Operations Department, and Cristina Latorre Sancho, ambassador of Spain to Sweden.
Participants
Ylva Johansson, EU commissioner for home affairs, whose responsibilities include internal security and combatting crime (participate digitally)
Cristina Latorre Sancho, ambassador of Spain to Sweden (participates on site)
Johan Olsson, head of the National Operations Division (NOA), Swedish Police Authority (participates on site)
The discussion is chaired by Annika Ström Melin, journalist and author.
Press Contact
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