5th Edition • 2026

International Conference “Together We Prevent and Combat the Illicit Trafficking of Goods!”

May 25, 2026 • 9:00 – 16:50 • Atlas Ballroom, Radisson Blu, Bucharest

Organized by Romanian Customs Authority • Romanian Border Police • ACTIV Association

About the Conference

The fifth edition of the International Conference brings together national and international authorities, experts, business representatives and strategic partners for a day of concrete dialogue on preventing and combating the illicit trafficking of goods.

The conference is organized by the ACTIV Association (Asociatia pentru Combaterea Traficului Ilicit „Viitorul”), together with the Romanian Customs Authority and the Romanian Border Police, with the support of regional institutional partners.

Venue

Atlas Ballroom – Radisson Blu Hotel Bucharest

Calea Victoriei 63–81, Bucharest 010065, Romania

Atlas Ballroom is one of Bucharest's most prestigious conference venues, hosting major international events. Equipped with state-of-the-art audio-video technology and generous capacity, it provides the ideal setting for high-level meetings.

Radisson Blu Bucharest - Conference hall

Agenda

09:00 – 09:30

Registration of Participants

09:30 – 09:50

Opening Speech

Daniel MĂRĂCINEANU – President, ACTIV
Cornel-Laurian STOICA – Inspector General, Romanian Border Police
Viorel Adrian MUNTEANU – Secretary General, Romanian Customs Authority

TOPIC I • 09:50 – 10:10

Perspective of Romanian State Authorities

09:50 – 10:00 Iulius Marian FIRCZAK – Camera Deputaților / Chamber of Deputies ✓ CONFIRMED
10:00 – 10:10 Cătălin ANDRUȘ – Rector, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Police Academy, Ministry of Internal Affairs ✓ CONFIRMED

TOPIC II • 10:20 – 11:30

Insights from Sectors Impacted by Illicit Goods Trafficking

10:20 – 10:30 Crina Nicoleta FRISCH – Owner, Frisch & Partners ✓ CONFIRMED
10:30 – 10:40 Adrian FRĂȚILĂ – External Affairs Manager, British American Tobacco (BAT) ✓ CONFIRMED
10:40 – 10:50 Antonio VENCESLA – Corporate Affairs & Communications Director, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) – Romania & Moldova ✓ CONFIRMED
10:50 – 11:00 Roxana PÎNTEA – External Affairs Director, Philip Morris International (PMI) – Romania ✓ CONFIRMED
11:00 – 11:10 Florin RĂDULESCU – President, SPIRITS Romania ✓ CONFIRMED
11:10 – 11:20 Vasile IOSIF – President, AIPROM – Asociația Industriei de Protecția Plantelor din România ✓ CONFIRMED
11:20 – 11:30 Codruța CREȚU – Former DIICOT Prosecutor, Expert at ACTIV Association ✓ CONFIRMED

11:30 – 11:50

Coffee Break

TOPIC III • 11:50 – 12:30

Frontier Law Enforcement Approaches to Illicit Trafficking Challenges

11:50 – 12:00 Cornel-Laurian STOICA – Inspector General, Romanian Border Police ✓ CONFIRMED
12:00 – 12:10 Ion PORTNOI – Deputy Head, Cross-Border Crime Investigations, GIBP Moldova ✓ CONFIRMED
12:10 – 12:20 Lt. Col. Nedeljka PETRONIJEVIĆ – Border Police Directorate of Serbia ✓ CONFIRMED
12:20 – 12:30 Major General Iurii ZIUZIKO – Director of the Department for Operational and Investigative Activities, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine ✓ CONFIRMED

TOPIC IV • 12:30 – 13:30

Contribution of Customs Authorities in Preventing and Combating Illicit Trafficking

12:30 – 12:40 Alexandru Ioan DUDU – Director, Control Directorate, Romanian Customs Authority ✓ CONFIRMED
12:40 – 12:50 Mr. Viorel DOAGA – Deputy Director, Head of the Anti-Fraud and Compliance Department, Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova ✓ CONFIRMED
12:50 – 13:00 Ms. Vanja MANDIĆ – Lead Analyst, Intelligence Department, Customs Administration of the Republic of Serbia ✓ CONFIRMED
13:00 – 13:10 1st Lt. Levente Olivér SZALKA – Head of Coordination and Methodology Unit at the Customs Department, National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary ✓ CONFIRMED
13:10 – 13:20 Mr. Vasyl RIABOKON – Head of the Operational Department, Department for Combating Contraband and Customs Violations, State Customs Service of Ukraine ✓ CONFIRMED
13:20 – 13:30 Zeljko MILOȘ – Customs Officer, Sector for Mobile Units, Croatian Customs Administration ✓ CONFIRMED

13:30 – 14:10

Lunch Break

TOPIC V • 14:10 – 16:20

Emerging Technologies: Strategic Assets or Operational Challenges for Law Enforcement

14:10 – 14:20 Marius FILIPAȘ – Co-Founder & Managing Partner, InfinityEdge AI ✓ CONFIRMED
14:20 – 14:30 Chief Commissioner, Prof. PhD habil. Sergiu Adrian VASILE – Director of National College for Home Affairs / Director of Border Police Department, Police Academy ✓ CONFIRMED
14:30 – 14:40 Răzvan BUDEANU – Head of Operations Projects and Policies Sector, FRONTEX ✓ CONFIRMED
14:40 – 14:50 Chavdar GEORGIEV – Director of Operations, SELEC Regional Centre ✓ CONFIRMED
14:50 – 15:00 Chestor Aurel DOBRE – Director, Romanian Police – Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes (DICE) ✓ CONFIRMED
15:00 – 15:10 George Alexandru DUMITRACHE – Deputy Inspector General, Central Structure, General Anti-Fraud Directorate (DGAF), National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF), Ministry of Finance ✓ CONFIRMED
15:10 – 15:20 Florin MOISE – Head of the Analysis Service for the Prevention and Combating of Antisocial Acts, Directorate of Public Order and Safety, Romanian Gendarmerie ✓ CONFIRMED
15:20 – 15:30 Georgios CHOLIDIS – Directorate Against Organised Crime / Subdirectorate of Northern Greece, Hellenic Police ✓ CONFIRMED
15:30 – 15:40 Colonel Giuseppe BUA – Corps' Attaché to the Italian Embassy in Ankara (accredited to Romania), Guardia di Finanza, Italy ✓ CONFIRMED
15:40 – 15:50 Iryna SIKORSKA – Deputy Team Leader, Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU) ✓ CONFIRMED
15:50 – 16:00 Dorel FRONEA – Strategic Customs Advisor, EUAM Ukraine ✓ CONFIRMED
16:00 – 16:10 Tony MIHĂIȚOAIA – Senior Adviser Border Management and Security, ICMPD ✓ CONFIRMED
16:10 – 16:20 Daniel TACHE – Former Deputy Head of Romanian Border Police, Expert at ACTIV Association ✓ CONFIRMED

TOPIC VI • 16:20 – 16:50

Examples of Best Practices · Q&A Session · Conference Conclusions

Open Floor for Participants Insights and Proposals
Q&A Session
Conference Conclusions

Speakers

Opening Speakers

Daniel MĂRĂCINEANU

President, ACTIV Association

Cornel-Laurian STOICA

Inspector General, Romanian Border Police

Viorel Adrian MUNTEANU

Secretary General, Romanian Customs Authority

Confirmed Speakers – Topic I

Iulius Marian FIRCZAK

Member of Parliament,
Secretary of the Committee for Budget, Finance and Banks,
Chamber of Deputies

Cătălin ANDRUȘ

Rector, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Police Academy,
Ministry of Internal Affairs

Industry Speakers – Topic II

Crina Nicoleta FRISCH

Owner,
Frisch & Partners

Adrian FRĂȚILĂ

External Affairs Manager,
British American Tobacco (BAT)

Antonio VENCESLA

Corporate Affairs & Communications Director,
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) – Romania & Moldova

Roxana PÎNTEA

External Affairs Director,
Philip Morris International (PMI) – Romania

Florin RĂDULESCU

President,
SPIRITS Romania

Vasile IOSIF

President,
AIPROM – Asociația Industriei de Protecția Plantelor din România

Codruța CREȚU

Former DIICOT Prosecutor,
Expert at ACTIV Association

Confirmed Speakers – Topic III (Border Police)

Cornel-Laurian STOICA

Inspector General,
Romanian Border Police

Ion PORTNOI

Deputy Head, Cross-Border Crime Investigations,
GIBP Moldova

Lt. Col. Nedeljka PETRONIJEVIĆ

Lieutenant Colonel,
Border Police Directorate of Serbia

Major General Iurii ZIUZIKO

Director of the Department for Operational and Investigative Activities,
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

Confirmed Speakers – Topic IV (Customs)

Alexandru Ioan DUDU

Director, Control Directorate,
Romanian Customs Authority

Viorel DOAGA

Deputy Director, Head of the Anti-Fraud and Compliance Department,
Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova

Vanja MANDIĆ

Lead Analyst, Intelligence Department,
Customs Administration of the Republic of Serbia

1st Lt. Levente Olivér SZALKA

Head of Coordination and Methodology Unit at the Customs Department,
National Tax and Customs Administration (Hungary)

Vasyl RIABOKON

Head of the Operational Department, Department for Combating Contraband and Customs Violations,
State Customs Service of Ukraine

Zeljko MILOȘ

Customs Officer, Sector for Mobile Units,
Croatian Customs Administration

Confirmed Speakers – Topic V (Emerging Technologies)

Marius FILIPAȘ

Co-Founder & Managing Partner,
InfinityEdge AI

Chief Commissioner, Prof. PhD habil. Sergiu Adrian VASILE

Director of National College for Home Affairs / Director of Border Police Department,
Police Academy

Răzvan BUDEANU

Head of Operations Projects and Policies Sector,
FRONTEX

Chavdar GEORGIEV

Director of Operations,
SELEC Regional Centre

Chestor Aurel DOBRE

Director,
Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes (DICE),
Romanian Police

Florin MOISE

Head of the Analysis Service for the Prevention and Combating of Antisocial Acts,
Directorate of Public Order and Safety,
Romanian Gendarmerie (IGJR)

Georgios CHOLIDIS

Directorate Against Organised Crime / Subdirectorate of Northern Greece,
Hellenic Police

Colonel Giuseppe BUA

Corps' Attaché to the Italian Embassy in Ankara,
accredited to Romania,
Guardia di Finanza

Iryna SIKORSKA

Deputy Team Leader,
Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU)

Dorel FRONEA

Strategic Customs Advisor,
EUAM Ukraine

Tony MIHĂIȚOAIA

Senior Adviser, Border Management and Security,
ICMPD (International Centre for Migration Policy Development)

Daniel TACHE

Former Deputy Head of Romanian Border Police,
Expert at ACTIV Association

Delegations & Observers

Chief Commissioner Cristian Ionuț BÎRA

Head of the Service for the Investigation of Intellectual Property Rights Offences,
Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes (DICE),
Romanian Police

Sergiu BARBACARI

Head of the Western Regional Directorate,
General Inspectorate of Border Police of the Republic of Moldova

Andrei ȘEREMET

Deputy Head of Anti-Fraud and Compliance Department,
Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova

Vladimir CEBANENCO

Head of Centru Customs Office,
Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova

Chief Commissioner Viorel-Florin VLĂSCEANU

Director, Directorate for the Prevention and Combating of Illegal Migration and Cross-Border Crime,
Romanian Border Police (IGPF)

Chief Commissioner Eduard PÎSLARU

Directorate for the Prevention and Combating of Illegal Migration and Cross-Border Crime,
Romanian Border Police (IGPF)

Chief Commissioner Alexandra GĂVAN

Head of the Public Information and Public Relations Centre,
Romanian Border Police (IGPF)