Inter-parliamentary Conference on the fight against the Organized Crime in the OSCE Region, “#STOPDRUGS - Fighting Drug Trafficking Together to Defend Security, Health, and Legality
Rome, 14-15 May 2026
14 May - 11:30 - 13:15
OPENING OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND WELCOME ADDRESSES
• Lorenzo FONTANA, President of the Chamber of Deputies
• Eugenio ZOFFILI, Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Head of the Italian Delegation and Special Representative on Combating Organised Crime
• Pere Joan PONS SAMPIETRO, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
• Nicola MOLTENI, Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of the Interior
• Roberto MONTELLA, Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
14 May - 14:30 - 18:00
SESSION 1. The silent wave: the threat posed by Fentanyl and synthetic opioids
Keynote speakers
• Debbie SEGUIN, Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Giuseppe SPINA, Director of the Central Directorate for Anti-Drug Services of the Ministry of the Interior
• Raffaele COVETTI, Commander of the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Health (NAS)
• Justice TETTEY, Chief of the Drugs, Laboratory and Scientific Services Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Discussants
• Fatmir MEDIU, Member of the Assembly of Albania, former Minister of Defence and Minister for the Environment
SESSION 2. From fragility to rebirth: admission, therapeutic communities and prevention
Keynote speakers
• Simone FEDER, Co-Ordinator of the Youth and Addiction Unit at Casa del Giovane Community in Pavia
• Angela CROWDY, Acting Executive Secretary of the InterAmerican Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Organisation of American States (OAS)
• Mario ENZLER, Senior Adviser at The Heritage Foundation
• Jean-Benoit MANHES, OSCE Deputy Co-Ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
• Antonio BOSCHINI, Therapeutic Manager at San Patrignano Community
Discussants
• Kyriakos HADJIYIANNI, Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
• Catia POLIDORI, Member of the Italian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
• Anna BILOTTI, Member of the Italian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
15 May - 11:00 - 13:15
SESSION 3. The fight against drugs. “Follow the money”: targeting proceeds, dismantling criminal networks
Keynote speakers
• Antonio QUINTAVALLE CECERE, Commander of the Central Investigation Bureau on Organised Crime of the Italian Financial Police
• Martha STICKINGS, Deputy Head of the OSCE’s Strategic Police Matters Unit and Cybercrime Adviser
• Simonetta MATONE, Former magistrate and prosecutor, member of the Justice Committee of the Chamber of Deputies
Discussants
• Emanuele LOPERFIDO, Member of the Italian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly - Vice-President of the OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism
• Gianluca CANTALAMESSA, Member of the Italian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
