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Ion Gabriel SOTIRESCU |
Education and training
- 1983, Bachelor of Police Sciences, Police Academy Bucharest – Police Officer
- 1994, Bachelor of Law, Law School, University of Bucharest
- 1995, Specialization in Police Sciences and Police Management, FBI National Academy Quantico, Virginia, US
- 1996, International Course in combating drug trafficking organized by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- 1997, Postgraduate Courses in Penal Sciences, Law School, University of Bucharest
- 1997, Police Management Course, Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky, US
- 2000, International Training Course in combating organized crime, ILEA, Budapest
- 2000, Undercover Operations, FBI, Bucharest
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Membership in professional organizations
- Member of the Project Review Group, UNDP Project for elaborate a „Law Enforcement Best Practice Manual for fighting trafficking on Human Beings” , 2004 – 2006
- Romanian expert in Ad Hoc Committee on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings ( CAHTEH), a Council of Europe project, Strasbourg, 2004 – 2005
- National Coordinator of the Romanian Inter-ministerial Group for Fighting Trafficking in Human Beings, 2004 – 2007
- Chief-negotiator of the Bilateral Cooperation Agreement between Romania and Indonesia for combating organized criminality, drugs trafficking and terrorism, Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2005
- Vice-president of the FBI National Academy Associates, European Chapter, since September 2005
- Chairman of the BSEC Working Group for combating crime, in particular in it’s organized forms, 2007
- Co-driver of the COSPOL Project “Trafficking in human beings”, under the umbrella of the European Police Chiefs Task Force
- Contribution to various seminars, bilateral and multilateral meetings and conferences organised in the United Kingdom, USA, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and EU, CE, UN
Professional Career
- 2006, Deputy Director General, General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime/ General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police
- 2003 – 2006, Director, Directorate for Combating Organized Crime/ General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Anti-Drug/ General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police
- 2000 – 2003, Romanian Police Liaison Officer (LO), SECI Regional Centre for Combating Trans Border Crime
- 1997 – 2000, Head of the Anti-Violent Crimes Unit, General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Anti-Drug/ General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police
- 1995 – 1997, Deputy Head of the Anti-Drug Unit, General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Anti-Drug/ General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police
- 1993 – 1995, Senior criminal investigator officer, General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Anti-Drug/ General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police
- 1990 – 1993, Senior criminal investigator officer, Criminal Police Department/ General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police
- 1986 – 1990, Head of the Criminal Investigations Unit, the 9th Police Precinct, Bucharest Police Department
- 1983 – 1986, Criminal investigator officer, Bucharest Police Department
Driving license
- categories of vehicle - B
Publications
- various articles on police matters in specialized magazines
- Carry out the task of regional coordination of law enforcement activities to prevent, detect, investigate and combat trans-border crime, as provided in the SECI Agreement, and in accordance with international law and the national laws of the Parties to the SECI Agreement
- Support and coordinate the activities of the Liaison Officers
- Organize, facilitate, coordinate and ensure the protection of the effective exchange of information
- Facilitate the implementation of special joint cooperation activities with third party states and international organizations
- Facilitate communication with World Customs Organization (WCO), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) in order to develop intelligence data on specific cases
- Correct or delete inaccurate data held by the SECI Center that has been transmitted by Parties, by Permanent Observers, third party states, or by international organizations
- Compile strategic analysis on trans-border crime phenomena and carry out planning for the various operational activities of the SECI Center
