InSec 2018 International Exhibition and Conference on Border Security and Internal Security, under the honorary patronage of Minister of Interior and Administration, took place on 15—16 November 2018 in Warsaw. CFLP was represented by lt. dr eng. Michał Borusiński, lt. col. Edyta Kot, Małgorzata Walecka and dr Kamil Januszkiewicz.

The Conference of Heads of EUROPOL National Units (HENU) took place on 13—14 November 2018 in Hague. During this conference col. dr Krzysztof Borkowski, Deputy Director CFLP, maj. Wojciech Ceglarski, senior research and technical expert in Toolmark and Ballistic Department CFLP and Marcin Tęgos from Communications and IT Department, The Police Head Office, have presented the option of including FAVI (Forensic Aid in Vehicle Identification) into EUROPOL.

“Train the Technical Trainers – SIS II, VIS, Eurodac – IT Operators” training, organized by European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) took place on 8—9 November 2018 in Tallinn (Estonia).

Joint training on disaster victims identification (DVI), organized by the Maltese police, under the aegis of European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL), took place between 29th October and 2nd November 2018 on Malta. Central Forensic Laboratory of The Police was represented by: lt.col. Piotr Trojanowski – Crime Scene Officers Manager and Agnieszka Łukomska – adviser in the Scientific Development Department.

The conference summarizing the three-year Polish-Czech flagship project “Drugstop – transboundary police units cooperation in the field of fight against drug crime”, with the participation of Director of Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police, col. Radosław Juźwiak PhD, took place on 17th October 2018 in Wałbrzych.

International conference “Current problems of judicial research in the field of forensic examination” took place on 10–11 October 2018 in Kharkov (Ukraine). The Polish side was represented by: prof. dr hab. Leszek Wieczorek, Director of Institute of Forensic Research in Krakow, col. Krzysztof Borkowski PhD, deputy director of CFLP, lt. Michał Borusiński PhD, Head of Toolmark and Ballistics Department CFLP and experts on toolmark examinations: maj. Wojciech Ceglarski and Krzyszof Biskup.

The „Quo Vadis, European Forensics?” conference was organized by the Czech Institute of Forensics on 9–11 October 2018 in Prague. Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police was represented by: Director CFLP, col. Radosław Juźwiak PhD, Agnieszka Łukomska, adviser in Scientific Development Department CFLP and Małgorzata Walecka, expert in Fingerprints Examination Department CFLP.

The second consortium meeting of VISAGE project took place on 10–11 September 2018 in Lyon, France. The host of the meeting was Institut National de Police Scientifique. Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police was represented by Ewa Kartasińska PhD, forensic expert of Biology Department, and Katarzyna Zwierzyk, specialist of Scientific Development Department.

On 27-31 of August 2018 the biggest and most important event in the field of forensic sciences took place in Lyon Convention Center, France. The 8th European Academy of Forensic Science (EAFS) Conference was held under the title „The Forensic Odyssey 2020” and focused on future challenges and opportunities. Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police was represented by CLKP Deputy Director col. Adam Frankowski and the Head of Science Development Department capt. Renata Zbieć – Piekarska.

CEPOL is an European Union agency, established to train and support law enforcement officials. In accordance with exchange program, fingerprints examination experts from Poland visited Forensic Department of the Ministry of Internal Affair of Georgia on 24th – 30th June 2018. Georgian experts, in turn, visited CFLP in Warsaw on 8th – 13th July.