8 December 2024
On 08.12.2024 in Career Point University, Kota, Rajasthan in India, took place 10th CEO International Social Sciences Congress (10th International Congress of Social Sciences).
The Congress was also attended by: Esil University, Portalegre Polytechnic Institute, Acacia University, IPMI International Business School, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Samarkand Branch of Tashkent University of Economics, International University of Vision, Alfred Nobel University, Nişantaşı University, Prizren University, Cyprus Western University, Cipatra University, Knowledge Laboratory, ACMIT, Insec, NCM Publishing, CEO Tekmer, Jakarta Global University, Universitas Bhayangkara, Technical University w Ostim and University Mardin Artuklu.
The CEO Congress aimed to create a platform for discussion about problems, challenges, opportunities and research results in the field of communication, economics, organization and social sciences.
The Organizing Committee, with the participation of the chairmen of the departments and members of the scientific committee, anticipated an opportunity and a research gap in the topic of the conference, which concerns pressing problems in the business world. The presentations were conducted in Turkish and English.
One of the members of the Organizing Committee of the Congress and the Moderator of one of the sessions was Krzysztof Mucha PhD, who gave a lecture on: „The influence and role of organised crime in laundering money from migration crimes”.
According to the data of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) for 2021, more than 90% of illegal migrants who reach the European Union use the services of criminal groups during all or part of their journey. According to the Agency, two-thirds of migrants do not meet the legal criteria for international protection and are ultimately eligible for return.
The restrictive sanitary and legal measures implemented in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic have made migrant smuggling more complex, resulting in greater logistical and organisational involvement of criminal groups, higher prices for smuggling for migrants and, as a result, higher economic profits for criminal groups involved in this activity.
In the first half of 2021, there was a 59% increase in the number of illegal border crossings compared to the same period in 2020.
Krzysztof Mucha noted that criminal groups involved in migrant smuggling quickly adapted to the new circumstances: after an initial slowdown in March and April 2020, activities related to migration crime were quickly resumed. Criminal activities related to illegal migration are very often associated with the activities of international organized crime groups.
Organised crime groups are able to quickly adapt their offer of illegal services. They work differently depending on the geographical location and context in which they operate. They offer a variety of services, including various modes of transportation, safe accommodation along the route, food, and illegal travel and identity documents.
In the case of air transport, the fight against crimes against identity documents and visas plays a key role, while in the case of road transport, migrants travel involves hiding in vehicles or even crossing borders on foot, including at night, using modern electronic means of communication and technical means for night surveillance. Organized crime groups also use a variety of payment systems, from online methods to underground banking systems, where money is deposited and withdrawn once an agreed service has been performed.
Krzysztof Mucha noted that the financial aspect of migrant smuggling using virtual currencies poses a new challenge for law enforcement and judicial authorities and for financial intelligence units fighting money laundering, as smugglers increasingly use digital services and tools, such as social media and mobile apps, to recruit, communicate and transfer money, pick up and drop off migrants, They provide route directions, share photos and videos of documents and tickets, and even monitor law enforcement activities.
The CEO Congress was held with the participation and input of 401 scientists from 33 countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Malaysia, NCTR, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Polish, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, Great Britain, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
The two-day conference brought together nearly 401 participants from home and abroad to bring the constellation of contributions to life. 205 papers out of 234 approved for presentation at the congress are located outside Turkey. 76% of the papers presented at the congress come from outside Turkey. The awarded works were awarded for the best works.
All presentations delivered during the congress were published on the social media accounts of the CEO Congress.
