Brussels, 21 October 2024
This week, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will be in Brazil, where she will attend the G20 Anti-Corruption Ministerial on Thursday.
Today, the Commissioner will visit the National Institute for Criminology and the Center for Cooperation of Migratory Control of the Federal Police in Brasilia and meet with the Director of the Liaison and Partnership Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Brazil.
Tomorrow, the Commissioner will meet with the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ricardo Lewandowski, the Minister of State, General Marcos António Amaro dos Santos, and the Secretary General of the Federal Police, Andrei Augusto Passos Rodrigues in Brasilia. They will exchange views on the fight against drug trafficking and trafficking in human beings, as well as the need for stronger cooperation with the European Drugs Agency, the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre (MAOC-N), Europol and Interpol. On Thursday 24 October, Commissioner Johansson will attend the G20 Anti-Corruption Ministerial in Natal. The Commissioner is expected to endorse the G20 Ministerial Declaration on anti-corruption, the G20 High-level Principles against private sector corruption, and the new G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan for 2025-2027.
Throughout the mandate, the Commission has reinforced EU cooperation with Latin America and Caribbean partners in the fight against organised crime, in the framework of the cooperation between the EU and CLASI the Latin American Committee on Internal Security. This partnership, promoting security and stability for citizens of both regions, is supported by the EL PAcCTO 2.0 programme, with a total of EUR 58.8 million from the EU budget.