FACE: Fighting the Inevitable Sophistication of Crime

Technological transformation is unstoppable and continues to accelerate – and cybercrime is keeping pace. Are crime-fighting forces prepared for this rapidly changing climate? FACE (Future Aspects of Crime and Enforcement) tackles this topical issue.

FACE will initiate a multi-level dialogue between Una Europa partner universities to facilitate discussion and analysis of emerging technologies, the impact they have on the structure of crime and the novel approaches required to combat them. The project will propose new solutions to new criminal patterns – minimising vulnerabilities while simultaneously respecting the balance between freedom and crime control.

UNA Europa Future Crime Webinar Serie

A first webinar took place on March 29, 2023 (16:00-18:30 CET) on the topic: "A Reflection on Criminal Justice Implications of Encrochat, Sky ECC and Other Recent Cases". Further information can be found here.

On May 16, 2023 (16:00-18:30 CET), the second webinar will be held on the topic: "AI and Criminal Law Enforcement". Further information can be found here.

UNA Europa Conference - LIMA Blog Launch Event: Exploring the Future of Crime

On October 5-6, 2023, the Department of Comparative Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Corporate and Environmental Criminal Law (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Carsten Momsen) together with the Institute of Criminology of the KU Leuven-Leuven (LINC), the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the Università di Bologna, and the Université Paris
1 Panthéon Sorbonne will host the first UNA Cybercrime Conference at KU Leuven.

Call for Abstracts: English-language abstracts (max. 300 words) of potential contributions to the conference can be submitted until June 11, 2023.

Further information can be found here.