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Commissioner Johansson in Brazil to strengthen co-operation on the fight against organised crime and corruption

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This week, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson (pictured) will be in Brazil, where she will attend the G20 Anti-Corruption Ministerial on Thursday (24 October).

On 21 October, the Commissioner visited the National Institute for Criminology and the Center for Cooperation of Migratory Control of the Federal Police in Brasilia and met with the Director of the Liaison and Partnership Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Brazil.

On 22 October, the Commissioner met 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 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 co-operation with Latin America and Caribbean partners in the fight against organized 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 58.8 million euro from the EU budget.

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