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The Cornerstone Report

Safeguarding America Through Financial Investigations

Volume VI: No. 3 • Summer 2009

Second Annual European Serious Organised Crime Conference

In March 2009, Deputy Assistant Director Janice Ayala, of the ICE Financial, Narcotics and Public Safety Division, delivered the international keynote address at the 2nd Annual European Serious Organised Crime Conference, sponsored by the Merseyside Police and Merseyside Police Authority in the United Kingdom.

The conference focused in part on the link between terrorism and organised crime and looked at harm reduction measures. Additionally, the conference also showcased major successes in the fight against organized crime and encouraged the facilitation of partnerships between police forces, border control services, immigration enforcement agencies and other key stakeholders.

Unit Chief David Eoff from the Asset Forfeiture Section at ICE headquarters, also participated in a group panel discussion about the use of forensic accountants during asset forfeiture investigations.