Bergische Juristengesellschaft
Lecture on the topic of organised crime
Anyone interested can register at info[at]bergische-juristengesellschaft.de. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in lecture hall 27 on the Grifflenberg campus (building I, level 13, room 70), access via Fuhlrottstraße 10.
"Organised crime is a burden on our constitutional and welfare state and thus on the foundations of our democracy. The business models of organised crime in the most diverse fields of activity also damage the system of the social market economy," says the event announcement. The lecture will be followed by an open discussion.
About Uwe Neumann
Uwe Neumann began his career as a public prosecutor in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1991, taking up his first post at the Duisburg public prosecutor's office in June 1994. After his trial at the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor General's Office, he was appointed Senior Public Prosecutor there in July 2001. During a secondment to the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Justice from 2006 to 2010, he worked in various units of the criminal law department. From December 2012, he was deputy head of the Düsseldorf public prosecutor's office. In November 2015, he returned to the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor General's Office as Senior Public Prosecutor. His duties as head of department included the prosecution of organised crime and cartel offences. Neumann has been Senior Public Prosecutor in Wuppertal since 2021.
About the Bergische Juristengesellschaft e. V.
The Bergische Juristengesellschaft e.V. was founded in 2015 on the premises of the University of Wuppertal. Its aim is to promote the academic and legal-political exchange of opinions between lawyers in the Bergisches Land region - working in academia, the judiciary, the legal profession, business and administration - and to comment on current legal issues in public. In close cooperation with the university, in particular the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, the Bergische Juristengesellschaft organises academic events for this exchange.