Curriculum Vitae Name: Address: George Frangos 16A, Orthodoxias Street, Lakatamia 2304, Nicosia, Cyprus E mail: gfrangos@police.gov.cy frangos@cytanet.com.cy Date and Place of Birth: 15/12/1959, Larnaca Cyprus Nationality: Cypriot Date of employment 12/03/1980 in Cyprus Police: Rank: Chief Superintendent Placements: - Cyprus Police Academy (Student) - Emergency Response Unit - Prosecution Department - Criminalistic Services (Fingerprint Section) - Criminalistic Services (Forensic Science Laboratory) - Criminalistic Services, Head of the Forensic Science Laboratory - Criminalistic Services Deputy Director and Head of The Forensic Science Laboratory - Commander of the Police Airwing - Scientific and Technical Support Department Deputy Director and Commander of the Police Airwing - Cyprus Police Academy, Deputy Director (Education). Page 1 of 10
- Cyprus Police Academy, Deputy Director (Administration). - Director of Finance Directorate - Director of Administration and Human Resources Department - Director of Cyprus Police Academy Date of Placement at Criminalistic Services: 11/04/1983 Date of Placement at Police Airwing: 22/01/2007 Date of Placement at Scientific & Technical Support Department: 24/03/2008 Date of Placement at Police Academy : 05/05/2008 Date of Placement at Finance Directorate : 30/01/2012 Date of Placement at Administration and Human Resources Depertment : 06/06/2013 Date of Placement at Police Academy : 14/03/2017 Secondary Education: Acropolis High School, Nicosia Training & Seminars A. General - English Language IELTS (Grates 6,5/9) - Best Policeman 1986 (First Award) Β. Local Training 03-12/1980 Police Academy Basic Course (Graduation First Award) 10/1983 Training in mapping of photographs taken by stereoscopic camera 10/1983 Training in Scene of Crime Sketching 01-03/1989 Gunsmith training 10-11/1992 Sergeant Course (Administration & Management) 10-12/1997 Inspector Course (Administration & Page 2 of 10
Management) 11/2003 Training on SICAR (Shoeprint Image Capture And Retrieval) 09/2005 Training on VSC 5000 (VIDEO SPECTRAL COMPARATOR) 01/2005 Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025 06/2005 Practical Application in Quality Management System based on ISO/IEC17025 09/2007-04/2008 Facing the European Challenge (University of Cyprus) 09-11/2011 02/2014 Gender Based Seminar (Cyprus Gender Equality Observatory (CGEO) Improvement of managerial skills and competences C. Training Abroad Firearms Identification, Toolmarks, Restoration of Erased Numbers Footprints, Counterfeit Currency Detection (Criminalistic Services, Athens GREECE, September - November 1989). Firearms Identification, Toolmarks, Footprints ( Bundeskriminalamt Wiesbaden Germany, APRIL 1992). Counterfeit Currency Detection (United States Secret Service, Washington D.C USA JUNE 1993). Firearm Identification, Toolmarks, Footprints ( D.I.F.S Jerusalem- Israel DEC. 1998). Advanced Firearms Identification, Toolmarks, Footprints, Counterfeit Currency Detection, Security printing methods (Criminalistic Services, Athens Greece, November 1999). Page 3 of 10
Εuro Counterfeit Currency Traininig Seminar ( November 2001 INTERPOL LYON FRANCE). Technical Training on Counterfeit Currency ( Salamanca SPAIN, May 2003). Euro counterfeit Course ( Lisboa PORTUGAL March 2004) CMS Training ( Read Only ), (European Central Bank Frankfurt- Germany, May, 2004). CMS Training (Read & Write), (European Central Bank Frankfurt- Germany, October, 2004). Training on Counterfeit Coins Examination (Pessac France November, 2004). Training of Trainers on Euro Counterfeiting (Crete GREECE, March April 2005). Training on Euro counterfeiting (Rome Italy, SEPTEMBER 2005) Forensic Science Seminar (CEPOL- Budapest, HUNGARY, October 2006) CEPOL, English Language Seminar for Members of Governing Board, Committees and Working Groups (Templemore-Ireland, March 2009) AEPC, European Senior Police Officers Course (ESPOC), (Bramshill UK, May 2009) Greek Police Academy, National Intelligence School, (Athens Greece, September 2009-March 2010) CEPOL (Cource 54/2011) Quality Management Systems (Trakai Lithuania, September 2011) Page 4 of 10
D. Men & Women Equality Committee Member (for Cyprus Police). Established in compliance to the decision of the Council of Ministers, Reference No 66.496 dated 05/12/2007. E. Forensic Expert: Decreed by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus. Reference No. 139/1995, dated 12/05/1995 in the following specialities: Forensic Ballistics (Firearm Identification) Toolmarks & Shoeprints Restoration of Errased Numbers Examination of Counterfeit Banknotes & Coins F. Working Groups: As the head of the Forensic Science Laboratory, I had been the Director of the National Analysis Center (NAC) for Euro Banknotes, the Coins National Analysis Center (CNAC), established in compliance to the Council Regulations 1338/2001 and 1339/2001 and of the National Central Office (NCO) for Counterfeiting, established in compliance to the Geneva Convention 1929. On the basis of my field of expertise and status, I had been a member of the following Working Groups until the end of January 2007 i) NAC Experts Group. Consisting of the Directors of the National Analysis Centers (for Euro Banknotes). It belongs to the European Central Bank and has ordinary meetings in Frankfurt four times per year. ii) Counterfeit Coins Experts Group. Consisting of the Directors of the Coins National Analysis Centers. It belongs to the Page 5 of 10
European Commission and has ordinary meetings in Brussels four times per year. iii) Euro Counterfeit Experts Group. Consisting of Experts on Euro Counterfeiting or the Directors of the National Central Offices. It belongs to the European Commission and has ordinary meetings in Brussels four times per year. iv) ENFSI Firearms Working Group. Consisting of Experts in Firearm Identification. It belongs to the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes and has one meeting per year in a country that is offering to host the meeting. v) ENFSI MARKS Working Group. Consisting of Experts in Toolmarks and/or Shoeprints. It belongs to the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes and has one meeting every two years in a country that is offering to host the meeting. vi) From September 2008 to January 2012 member of the CEPOL Annual Programme Committee. It belongs to the College European Police (CEPOL) and had ordinary meetings in Bramshill-London or in a country that was offering to host the meetings, four times per year. vii) I am also member of the Forensic Science Society which resides in the UK. Viii) Hellenic Accreditation System. Expert Assessor for Laboratories As member of the above Working Groups I attented seminars and participated in meetings as follows: 2 nd European Meeting for SHOEPRINT / TOOLMARK Examiners- ( APRIL 1997, The Hague The NETHERLANDS). Page 6 of 10
3 rd European Meeting for SHOEPRINT / TOOLMARK Examiners (June 1999, STOCKHOLM SWEEDEN). 4 th European Meeting for SHOEPRINT / TOOLMARK Examiners - (May 2001 BERLIN GERMANY). 8 th Firearms Working Group Meeting ( September 2001 Brugge- Belgium). 10 th International Conference on Currency Counterfeit and 5 th International Conference on Fraudulent Travel Documents ( April 2002 AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS). 9 th ENFSI Firearms Working Group Meeting (September 30 October 2, 2002 BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC). «PHILIPPOS» Seminar On Protection Of Euro Against Counterfeiting ( January 2003, Thessaloniki, GREECE). Seminar/Workshop for Acceding Countries concerning the Establishment of National Central Offices ( December 8-10, 2003, BRUSSELS BELGIUM) 33 rd Euro Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting ( Brussels Belgium, May 2004). 17 th Coins Counterfeit Expert Group Meeting ( Brussels BELGIUM, May 2004). 10 th NAC Users Group Meeting ( European Central Bank, Frankfurt- Germany, June 2004). 11 th NAC Experts Group Meeting ( DUBLIN IRELAND, SEPTEMBER 2004). 18 th Coins Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting ( Brussels- BELGIUM SEPTEMBER 2004). 35 th Euro Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM, November 2004). Page 7 of 10
19 th Coins Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM, December 2004). 12 th NAC Experts Group Meeting (Frankfurt GERMANY, December 2004). 13 th NAC Experts Group Meeting (Frankfurt GERMANY, March 2005). 36 th Euro Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM, March 2005). 20 th Coins Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM, March 2005). 14 th NAC Experts Group Meeting (Linchoping - SWEEDEN, June 2005). 21 st Coins Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Mainz, GERMANY, June 2005). Euro South East Protection of Euro Against Counterfeiting (Praque Czech Republic, July 2005). 15 th NAC Experts Group Meeting (Frankfurt GERMANY SEPTEMBER 2005) 38 th Euro Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM SEPTEMBER 2005) 22 nd Coins Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM, SEPTEMBER 2005). 39 th Euro Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM, DECEMBER 2005) 16 th NAC Experts Group Meeting (Frankfurt GERMANY DECEMBER 2005) Page 8 of 10
23 rd Coins Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM, DECEMBER 2005). 17 th NAC Experts Group Meeting (Frankfurt GERMANY JANUARY 2006). 40 th Euro Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM, MARCH 2006) 24 th Coins Counterfeit Experts Group Meeting (Brussels BELGIUM, MARCH 2006). Workshop on how to apply to new PERICLES 2 PROGRAM (BRUSSELS, MARCH 2006). 22 nd Expert Meeting on Forgery of Money (EUROPOL The Hague the Netherland APRIL 2006). 18 th NAC Experts Group Meeting (Frankfurt GERMANY MAY 2006). 25 th Counterfeit Coins Experts Group Meeting ( Vienna AUSTRIA, June 2006 ). 41 st Euro Counterfeiting Experts Group Meeting ( Brussels, BELGIUM, June 2006 ). 26 th Counterfeit Coins Experts Group Meeting (Brussels, September 2006) 19 th NAC Experts Group Meeting (Limassol, CYPRUS- September 2006, organizer) 43 rd Euro Counterfeiting Experts Group Meeting ( Brussels, BELGIUM, 5/12/ 2006 ) 20 th NAC Experts Group Meeting ( Frankfurt-Germany, 12-13/12/2006 Page 9 of 10
Firearms Tracing And Illegal Trafficking (12/01/2007, EUROPOL, The Hague, The Netherlands ) 11 th Meeting of the Annual Programme Committee, CEPOL ( 8-9/09/2008, Bramshill-London, United Kingdom ) 12 th Meeting of the Annual Programme Committee, CEPOL ( 28-29/10/2008, Vienna, AUSTRIA ) 13 th Meeting of the Annual Programme Committee, CEPOL ( 3-4/02/2009, Bramshill-London, United Kingdom ) 14 th Meeting of the Annual Programme Committee, CEPOL ( 6-7/05/2009, Helsinki, Finland ) On 27-28/11/2012 at the Hague, I participated as member of the Selection Board for the employment of the Senior Specialist securityin the security unit-ad7 of EUROPOL. On 06-07/12/2012 at the Hague, I participated as member of the the Selection Board for the employment of the Business Manager- Organized Crime Networks-AD9 of EUROPOL. Policing civil societies in times of economic constrains (11-13/09/2013, German Police University, Munster, Germany) 29/03/2017 Page 10 of 10