Professor Milena Sterio participated in the Global Counter Terrorism Forum Criminal Justice Rule of Law Expert Meeting in Malta on February 11-13.  This Expert Meeting, co-chaired by Nigeria and Switzerland, focused on Criminal Justice Linkages between Terrorism, the Financing of Terrorism, Illicit Trafficking in Goods and Maritime Crimes.

Professor Sterio delivered a presentation on criminal justice linkages between terrorism and maritime crimes, including piracy.  The Global Counter Terrorism Forum is an inter-state organization, comprised of thirty states, and partners such as various United Nations agencies (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute), Interpol, the European Counter-Terrorism Centre, and international think tanks and NGOs.