Eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC COP11)
This side event will discuss the linkage between illicit trade in tobacco products and other criminal activities. Beyond its serious threat to public health, illicit trade in tobacco products causes substantial losses in government revenues, and at the same time, contributes to the funding of international criminal activities.
Organizer Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Co-sponsors The Government of India and the World Customs Organization
Moderator Ms Kate Lannan, Senior Legal Officer, Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Key speakers
Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo – Head of the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Her Excellency Roli Singh – President of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, Additional Secretary & Mission Director, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India
Mr Vladimir Stasko – Revenue Programme Manager, World Customs Organization
Mr Theodore Leggett – Research Officer, Research and Trend Analysis Branch United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Dr Piotr Stryszowski – Senior Economics, Directorate for Public Governance, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Mr Michael McLaggan – Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
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