**Newsletter Release** Read all about our June activities - including recent online seminars & engagements in Portugal, Ireland, Hungary and Poland - in our 6th #ImpleMendez Newsletter: implemendez.eu/newsletter-202…

Professionals working with victims of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (MSHT) participated today in our workshop at Liverpool John Moores University. The workshop was a collaboration with the Modern Slavery Inmigration Crime Unit and IMPLEMENDEZ. Thank you, Laura, for organising! ☺️

The Wikipedia page on the Méndez Principles on Effective Interviewing is finally online (IMPLEMENDEZ) (Steven J. Barela deserves credit for having made this possible) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nd…

We are very pleased to share that the Wikipedia page for the Méndez Principles on Effective Interviewing is now live. It serves as both a resource & a living document, providing a concise account of ethical, effective & legally sound interview practices: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Méndez_Pr…

*New Publication* An article -'A co-ordinated global initiative to enhance interview practice'- has just been published in 'Investigative Interviewing: Research & Practice'. The paper was led by Prof Dave Walsh and all 28 authors are members of #ImpleMendez: iiirg.org/wp-content/upl…

Last week Dr Laura Pajón organised a workshop LCAPS Policing @LJMU. The workshop, attended by police officials, governmental & non-governmental groups, fostered interactive discussions on best practice to communicating with victims of trafficking. See full report, here: implemendez.eu/best-practices…

**Newsletter Release** Read all about our July activities - including engagements in Mexico, India, Sheffield, Liverpool and our new #ImpleMendez Wikipedia page - in our 7th Newsletter: implemendez.eu/newsletter-202…

It is wonderful to be in Vilnius for our #ImpleMendez COST Management Committee meeting with lots of exciting discussions planned over the next two days focusing on future projects for our members. Stay tuned for updates!

And we are underway! Prof. dr. Jonas Dagys and Dr. Ilona Laurinaitytė welcome members of the #ImpleMendez Management Committee to the beautiful campus of Vilnius University.

Next up: Our leader, Prof. Prof Dave Walsh, provides a timely reminder of the impactful objectives of the #ImpleMendez COST Action.

And now Dr. Emiljano Kaziaj of COST providing a fascinating overview of the role of COST experts. #ImpleMendez

Lennart May now guides the MC members through the impressive progress that has been made by *WG 1 - Investigation, Interviewing, Interrogation Themes* over the past twelve months.

Steven Barela is now offering a conceptual overview of the #Mendez Principles and a discussion of an upcoming conference in Geneva.

And now, Prof. Professor Yvonne Daly is delivering a fascinating overview of the activities of the 'Irish Mendez Centre for Investigative Interviewing' which she founded with Dr Alan Cusack and the support of Dublin City University & University Of Limerick and relevant State agencies.

A new project undertaken by Monty Mountford focuses on recording vignettes that showcase modern interview practices. These are being thematically analysed to shed light on shared patterns.

And the final presentation today is by Ching-Yu (Soar) Huang, PhD who is providing a fascinating insight into the criminal process in Taiwan and the potential for establishing an Mendez Asia Pacific Mendez Centre to promote the #MendezPrinciples.

We are on Wikipedia! Dr. Steven Barela is now providing a timely update to MC members on the Wikipedia page for the #MendezPrinciples. A link to the page can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nd…

For our next presentation, Becky Milne is providing a fascinating insight into the Framework of Investigative Transformation (FIT) and the ten central factors that are required for effecting meaningful change.

It is an action-packed today in Vilnius. Running in parallel with today's #ImpleMendez MC meeting is another very important series of workshops related to the 'Child Interviewing and Mendez Principles Group'.

Feeling very refreshed and grateful after a brilliant time with Prof Dave Walsh, Professor Yvonne Daly & the IMPLEMENDEZ Management Committee in #Vilnius. It’s hard to believe the project is two years old & there is still so much more to come! COST