The congress will provide you with unique knowledge.

• Solutions:
  Understanding vulnerability, identifying threats and applying solutions are critical in order to operate a secure, functional platform from which to run your day-to-day operations. The congress aims to produce viable and quantifiable models and solutions for addressing specific risks posed by organised crime. 
  
• Enrolment through awareness:
  Many delegates consistently state the need to enrol their organisations internally in order to properly address the external threat from organised crime. Delegates are provided with an appropriate and closed environment to come together and gain valuable insight, information and guidance from meeting experts, who collectively understand the growing challenge.
  
• Collaboration, partnerships and intelligence sharing:
  Mutual trust has to be the basis for effective working relations. Emphasis must be placed on the common objective of preventing/reducing organised crime. The congress will continue to encourage building trust and relationships, and combining expertise, resources and intelligence sharing between industry, law enforcement and government. 
  
• Expand your strategic level of connectivity:
  Delegates will be afforded unique opportunities to liaise and network with their peers including with senior level government officials, law enforcement personnel and business leaders. Relationships will be built and furthered in an environment conducive to achieving a real, solid base from which to tackle the threat to business and government from organised crime. 

The Theme of this year’s Tackling Organised Crime in Partnership Congress is Challenging Conventional Wisdom and will be explored through the following structured sessions.

1. The real threats:
Organised criminals operate in a global village with no respect for national boundaries, and are not constrained by the red tape that can hamper legitimate enterprise. Global threats require global solutions and partnership between business, law enforcement and government. Operating alone in silos when managing criminal activity allows the criminals to ‘divide and conquer’. In this session we will examine the current and future threats from organised crime from both a global and regional perspective and look at how opportunities in business can sometimes inadvertently place organisations at risk and allow organised crime to flourish.
Session highlights include: the international risk map; outsourcing; risk and reward: corporate savings versus consumer vulnerability.

2. The enemy within: overcoming boardroom reluctance/lack of awareness – promoting the value of security
Risk and security concerns can affect an organisation’s bottom line in a way similar to those arising from health and safety issues. Corporate risk and security departments, and increasingly human resource departments, now have the opportunity to change the way in which their organisations think and are managed. Businesses need their internal risk, fraud and security functions to take a broad, cross business view and be given the power to act. This session will define the economic value of effective risk and security management, and discuss how to promote a clear-cut and compelling security vision to the board (and get the board to prioritise it and resource it), thereby allowing business leaders to take risks with a greater degree of certainty. It will also look at how to improve knowledge and awareness about the external issues corporations face and how to work effectively with government and law enforcement to improve connectivity.
Session highlights include: enrolling business leaders; providing support for business leaders in order to help the business grow and take more control of risk; regulatory requirements; models of security as a business asset; human resources: who should be the custodian of security value at the modern corporation.

3. Challenging OC operators part one: Securing ID
A recent Cabinet Office study estimated that annually more than 100,000 people are affected by identity theft, which is costing the British economy over £1.3 billion each year. The Government began the process of introducing identity cards to enable people not only to prove their identity more easily, but also to protect them from identity theft and fraud. Will the national identity cards scheme (re-introduced into Parliament in May 2005) provide a silver bullet to combat ID theft? Conversely what could/should businesses do to prevent ID fraud and theft in the short term? In this session we will highlight case studies of where ID fraud and theft could have been thwarted by securing ID. We will also examine methods of good practice when employing developing technologies such as two-factor authentication and biometrics to protect personnel, and physical, financial and informational assets.
Session highlights include: biometrics; managing the authentication process; how can ID cards aid business and law enforcement? 

4. Challenging OC operators part two: Sharing Information
Information sharing is a vital element to creating a hostile environment in order to deter organised crime and understanding how it operates. We will examine how sharing information, linking existing information exchanges and cross-referencing data can be used most effectively to this end. Using actual case studies we will highlight examples of efficient public/private partnerships (PPPs). In addition we will also put into context data protection legislation and examine whether current legislation is a hindrance or help in sharing information.
Session highlights include: sharing information; the effective use of technology in this process; existing hubs and partnerships; data protection; compliance.

5. Challenging OC operators part three: Data Mining
Data mining is the process of using data to analyse trends and patterns that might otherwise go unnoticed. Data mining techniques are not only used to identify the buying habits of a company’s best customers, but also to detect and monitor fraud and other criminal activities committed against organisations. We will explore using case studies, how some major advances in forensic techniques have improved crime detection and reduction rates. We will also see how technology can help spot suspicious transactions and lead to the freezing and seizure of criminal assets.
Session highlights include: identifying patterns and trends in criminal behaviour; forensics; analytical techniques; how technology can speed up the data mining process; assets recovery.

6. Challenging OC operators part four: Border Control
Controlling external borders is a critical part of securing any society. In this session we will explore how a multi-agency, intelligence-led approach to targeting specific threats can be done in such a way as to minimise disruptions to the free movement of people and trade.  We also consider the particular issues business faces with border controls and how to overcome them. In addition we will examine the use of new detection methods and the implementation of new standards in travel documents such as the Government’s £15 million pilot e-borders programme known as Project Semaphore, intended to track passenger movements in and out of the UK.
Session highlights include: e-borders; the use of new detection technologies in protecting our borders; the joined-up approach: police, intelligence, immigration and customs; the implications of new standards in travel documents.

7. The pervading use of technology
The Internet has quickly become a favoured business tool. Indeed most organisations these days have an online presence. It is also an extremely efficient delivery system for creative goods like music, film and software. However, the ease with which the Internet can be abused presents business, government and law enforcement with a series of major challenges. This session will address some of the key vulnerabilities and offer solutions in managing risk and securing business reputation, brand identity and combating electronic crime and Intellectual Property theft.
Session highlights include: online brand protection strategies; techniques in combating online IP theft; managing risk, securing business reputation.

The following is a small sample of delegates who attended Tackling Organised Crime in Partnership Congress 2004:
Advisor, Anti Counterfeit Investigation Manager, Business Development Director, Business Development Manager, Business Manager Brand Protection, Business Unit Director, Change Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Security Officer, Commercial Risk Manager, Communications Director, Contract Director, Corporate Security, Deputy National Police Commissioner, Detective Chief Inspector, Detective Inspector, Detective Superintendent, Director, Director Corporate Communications, Director Enforcement, Director Forensic & Dispute Services, Director Investigations, Director of Anti Piracy, Director of Profit Protection, Director of Security, Director, Legal Services, Enhanced Services Manager, Fraud Investigations Manager, General Counsel, General Manager Commercial Risk, Group Compliance, Group Security Director, Group Security Manager, Head of Compliance & Enforcement, Head of Corporate Security, Head of Cross-Cutting Issues, Head of Fraud and Investigations, Head of Fraud Investigation, Head of Fraud Risk, Head of Fraud, Risk & Security, Head of Group Fraud Audit, Head of Group Security, Head of Intelligence, Head of International Crime Section, Head of Sales, Head of Security Strategy & Development, Head of Special Investigations, Head of Specialist Crime Reduction Unit, Information Security Consultant, Investigator, Manager Brand Protection, Manager Group Security, Manager Product Protection Security EMEA, Manager Security, Managing Consultant, Managing Director, Marketing Communications Executive, MEP, Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Partner, Political Secretary of State, Profit Protection Manager, Projects Director, Security Analyst, Security Intelligence Manager, Security Manager, Senior Advisor, Senior Fraud Manager, Senior Manager, Senior Manager Investigations & Disclosures, Senior Manager, Financial Crime, Senior Security Manager, Senior Superintendent, Special Casework Lawyer, Strategy Advisor Specialist Crime, Team Manager Major Fraud, UK Business Development Manager, UK Sales Manger, Vice President. To see the demographics from the 2004 Congress in London please click here. 

They represented the following organisations:
Abbey National, Airwave mmo2, Allied Domecq, Applied Optical Technologies, B&Q, BAA, Bank of Ireland, Barclaycard, BBC, BorderWare Technologies Europe, British American Tobacco, British Phonographic Industry, BskyB, BT, Christian Salvesen, Cisco Systems, Citigroup, Control Risks Group, Corus Strip Products, Crown Prosecution Service, Deloitte & Touche, Deutsche Bank, Eli Lilly, Equifax, European Parliament, Experian, Financial Fraud Information Network, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Gallaher, GE Consumer Finance, Goldman Sachs International, Hampshire Constabulary, HBOS, HM Customs & Excise, Hong Kong Police Force, ICAS, Imperial Tobacco, IOM Constabulary Financial Crime Unit, Jersey Financial Services Commission, JP Morgan Chase & Co, Littlewoods Retail, Lloyds TSB, MasterCard Europe, Matrix Research & Consultancy, Metropolitan Police Service, Ministry of Justice of Hungary, Ministry of Justice, Belgium, Ministry of Justice and the Police Norway, National Police Directorate Norway, Nationwide Building Society, Nestle, NHS, Nokia, Northern Ireland Office, Norwegian Security Council, Orange, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAIC, Serco, Shell, SOCA, South Wales Police, Telecom Italia, The Charity Commission, The Jockey Club, Vega Group, Vodafone, West Midlands Police. To see the demographics from the 2004 Congress in London please click here.

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Please ensure that everyone relevant at your organisation is informed about this important event: understanding vulnerability and identifying threats and applying solutions are critical in order to operate a secure, functional platform from which to run your day-to-day operations. The entire operation and its supply chain is susceptible to criminal activities and protection of your most valuable assets should be a priority.