Identification of radicalisation leading to violent extremism

Vasileios Roussakis
Center for Security Studies (KEMEA)

Moderation: Dr. Felix Munger
Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention

Abstract:
The research project of the Center for Security Studies (KEMEA) entitled "Enhancement of Law Enforcement Agencies to identify and counter radicalisation and extremism”, which is co-funded from the Internal Security Fund-Police, aims to raise awareness and optimize the capacities of law enforcement officers, preparing them for early identification and prevention of behaviors of radicalisation leading to violent extremism and terrorism. The programme focuses on two crucial fields, where conditions of radicalisation are in high risk. First, to the reception of migrants and refugees’ centers that were established, in 2015, after the refugee crisis in five Greek islands, close to maritime borders with Turkey, and in Greek mainland. Second, to the prisons. The objectives of the project are, inter alia, the study of the needs of law enforcement agencies, the development of a precise methodological framework for risk assessment and the presentation of best practices to deal with the threat of radicalisation. Through a holistic training method, based on lectures, table-top exercises, handbooks and an interactive educational software, front-line practitioners will gain the knowledge and tools they need to better perform their task and tackle the phenomenon of radicalisation.
Vasileios Roussakis
 Vasileios Roussakis

Vasileios Roussakis is a Major of the Hellenic Police and serves, the last three years, as a security expert, to the Center for Security Studies (KEMEA), of the Ministry of Citizen Protection. In KEMEA, he is coordinator of the counter-radicalisation and anti-crime sector and leader of two co-funded projects of the Internal Security Fund-Police. During his 20-year police career, he served, inter alia, to the national unit against organised crime, as deputy commander, to the Mediterranean coordination center against drug trafficking (Ceclad-M) in Toulon, France, as liaison officer and to several supervising posts of security agencies. In 2014, Mr. Roussakis was granted a scholarship and traveled to U.S.A. to follow a Master of Arts degree program in Criminal Justice and Terrorism to John Jay College of New York City. In 2014, he, also, attended a 10-week training session in criminal investigation to the F.B.I. National Academy in Quantico, U.S.A. He has participated in several working groups, trainings and seminars both in Greece and abroad, in security matters.


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