The European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) is an integrated approach against organised and serious international crime in the EU. Member States work with EU institutions to ensure internal security, from information exchange to training and joint operational actions, aiming to dismantle criminal networks.

Organised and serious international crime damages the economy, harming both individuals and society. Criminal networks are often complex, and strategies to suppress crime must equally be multidisciplinary and multiagency to be more effective.

On 7 November 2023, the fifth Dialogue on Administrative Protection of IPR of Foreign-Invested Enterprises, hosted by the Quality Brand Protection Committee [EN11] of the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, was successfully concluded in Shanghai, China.

Mexico is preparing to end 2023 with an event that is of great importance for intellectual property (IP). From 3-6 December, Mexico City will be the stage for the XXII Congress of ASIPI, the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property. The Presidente InterContinental Hotel will serve as the headquarters for this congress, which promises to bring together numerous participants from various fields.