Attorney General Eric Holder to Participate in G8 Justice Ministerial in Rome

WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Eric Holder
travels to Rome, Italy today for the G8 Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial.
He will hold bilateral meetings with his foreign counterparts in addition to
participating in the G8 meetings.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

The Attorney General will meet with Italian Justice Minister Angelino Alfano,
Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni and Canadian Justice Minister Robert
Nicholson. The Attorney General will also participate in a ceremony for the
exchange of Instruments of Ratification for U.S.-Italian Extradition and
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties and a signing ceremony for the U.S.-Italian
Agreement to Prevent and Combat Serious Crime. These meetings and the
ceremonies are closed press.

Friday, May 29, 2009

The Attorney General will participate in the first two sessions of the G8
Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial focused on organized crime, child
pornography and cybercrime, and migratory issues. The Attorney General will
also meet with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, French Justice
Minister Rachida Dati, French Interior Minister Michele Alloit-Marie and
Russian Justice Minister Aleksandr Konovalov. The Attorney General will also
attend an event honoring the late Judge Giovanni Falcone and the Palermo
Convention to fight transnational organized crime.

Press opportunities are as follows:

10:00 A.M. CET/4:00 A.M. ET

Photo opportunity with Attorney General Holder and other ministers prior to
first G8 session

International Conference Centre
Alcide De Gasperi
Via Pier della Francesca, 3
Rome, Italy

PHOTO OP OPEN PRESS, MEETING CLOSED

NOTE: Media representatives must obtain accreditation by Wednesday, May 27,
2009, at
http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/sezioni/sala_stampa/comunicati/comunicati_2009/0779_2009_05_22_english_version_G8.html.
Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to the Italian Interior
Ministry at (39) 06-46533777 or (39) 06-68897501.

5:30 P.M. CET/11:30 A.M. ET

Attorney General Holder will attend an event honoring the late Judge Giovanni
Falcone and the Palermo Convention to fight transnational organized crime

Aula Magna of the Court of Cassation
Piazza Cavour
Rome, Italy
OPEN PRESS

NOTE: Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to the Italian
Interior Ministry at (39) 06-46533777 or (39) 06-68897501.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

The Attorney General will meet with British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and
attend the third session of the G8 meeting focused on urban security and
combating terrorism.

Press opportunities are as follows:

9:30 A.M. CET/3:30 A.M. ET
Photo opportunity with Attorney General Holder and other ministers prior to
third G8 session

International Conference Centre
Alcide De Gasperi
Via Pier della Francesca, 3
Rome, Italy

PHOTO OP OPEN PRESS, MEETING CLOSED

NOTE: Media representatives must obtain accreditation by Wednesday, May 27,
2009, at
http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/sezioni/sala_stampa/comunicati/comunicati_2009/0779_2009_05_22_english_version_G8.html.
Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to the Italian Interior
Ministry at (39) 06-46533777 or (39) 06-68897501.

SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice

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