Professor Uglješa Ugi Zvekić (Ambassador Ret.), former permanent representative of the Republic of Serbia to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, gave a lecture on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 19.00 at the conference hall of the EPLO premises in Plaka, Athens under the subject “Corruption and Organized Crime: Threats in South Eastern Europe".
The event was organized by the Academy of Transparency & Human Rights of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO).
Professor Zvekić is the senior advisor of the Global Initiative against transnational organized crime, and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia; at the School of Government, LUISS, Rome, Italy and at the Faculty of Law, University Rome III, Rome, Italy. He is also a consultant in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Dr. Dimitris Ziouvas, member of the Academic Board of the Academy of Transparency & Human Rights and Professor of the University of Sussex, presented the work of the honoured speaker and handed in to him the 2017 Transparency & Human Rights Award for his contribution to the promotion of transparency.
Professor Zvekić spoke about the international concern of the increasing trend in organized crime, organized corruption and terrorism which calls for a global reaction and cooperation and analysed the causes of these phenomena and their interlinks.
The professor stressed out the importance of the reinforcement of moral values, the implementation of educational actions and the role of International Organizations as means of effective dealing with these phenomena.
Regarding South Eastern Europe and the special circumstances of the region, Professor Zvekić presented the forms of organized crime and corruption and the sensitive sectors with emphasis on each country.
The lecture was completed with a thorough presentation of the international actions and cooperation required to encounter these phenomena in the region of South Eastern Europe.
