Speakers &
Operational Contributors

With more than 20 years of experience in the Romanian Police, Marius combines an operational background in road policing with specialised work in document fraud detection, vehicle identification and the detection of stolen vehicles.

His practical experience includes checking foreign documents, identifying suspected forgeries and examining cases involving manipulated vehicle identities. His work addresses the connection between document authenticity and vehicle identity, where document checks can reveal indicators of vehicle-related crime.

Alongside his operational duties, Marius provides technical guidance to officers conducting document and vehicle checks, including remote assistance in assessing suspicious cases. His support to colleagues in Romania and abroad has contributed to the identification of forged documents and stolen vehicles.

His training activity focuses on practical document and vehicle verification, sharing knowledge gained through operational cases and supporting the development of officers working in road policing. He has trained a team of ten officers and continues to assist colleagues with specialist questions arising during checks.

As Founder of FRONTLINERS, Marius promotes professional exchange between law enforcement practitioners, document specialists and vehicle-crime experts, with an emphasis on knowledge that can be applied in operational settings.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, he brings practical expertise in document verification, vehicle-crime detection and cooperation between officers handling document and vehicle checks.

With more than 20 years of experience in managing irregular migration, Ionuț serves as Policy Officer at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, Unit B3: Return and Readmission, bringing extensive expertise across frontline operations and European policymaking.

He began his career with the Romanian Border Police in 2005. Between 2009 and 2014, he participated in Frontex-coordinated operations at the EU’s external borders in Slovakia, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Greece, and contributed as a trainer to Frontex training programmes for screening experts.

Since joining the European Commission in 2016, his work has focused on developing and implementing EU policies and legislative proposals on irregular migration and return, supporting Member States, and monitoring the correct transposition of EU return legislation. He has participated as a Commission expert in Schengen evaluations covering 20 Member States, contributing to evaluation reports and subsequent recommendations.

His academic background spans law, psychology, human resources management and systemic psychotherapy, complemented by specialist training in screening, Schengen evaluation and European Integrated Border Management.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, Ionuț brings a perspective grounded in both operational experience and EU policy development, connecting the realities faced by border authorities with the coordination and implementation of European responses to irregular migration.

A Police Chief Inspector with the German Federal Police, Frank serves as Head of Sector of the Office for Combating Document Fraud in Böblingen, within the Police Science and Forensic Section of the Federal Police District Office for Crime Control Stuttgart. He brings over three decades of experience across border control, criminal investigations and forensic document examination.

Frank began his career at Frankfurt/Main Airport in 1995, developing extensive operational experience in border checks, return operations, extradition and operational coordination. After graduating from the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences in 2014, he joined the organised crime investigations team in Stuttgart before moving into forensic document examination in 2017.

A formally qualified document examiner since 2018, Frank specialises in examining passports, identity cards, visas, driving licences and other travel and identity documents. His responsibilities combine the assessment of suspected forgeries, professional guidance of his team and the training of officers in first- and second-line document inspection.

His international experience includes delivering ALDO and basic document-fraud courses on behalf of German Embassies in Addis Ababa, Cairo and Algiers, alongside participation in EMPACT JETs Action Weeks in France. Since January 2024, he has served continuously in Frontex operations as a Category 2 officer with the TALDO profile, with deployments at Siret, Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport, Lyon and Marseille, including responsibilities as Frontex Group Leader in Bucharest. In 2024, he also became a TALDO trainer for ALDO courses on behalf of the Frontex Academy.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, Frank brings a practical perspective on document fraud detection, forensic examination and the training of border control officers, connecting specialist expertise with the realities of operational border checks.

With more than 15 years of professional experience in forensic examination, document security and border control, Brezițchii Alexandr currently serves as Head of the Document Expertise Directorate within the General Inspectorate of Border Police of the Republic of Moldova.

He began his professional career in 2010 within the Technical and Forensic Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova. From 2013 to 2015, he worked within the Directorate for Research and Document Protection Technologies of the Public Services Agency—the national authority responsible for developing and issuing identity and travel documents.

Since joining the Border Police’s Document Expertise Directorate in 2015, Alexandr has progressed from Senior Officer to Head of Directorate. His current responsibilities include the technical and forensic examination of identity and travel documents, the identification of counterfeit and forged documents, the examination of security features, and the development of methodologies and professional capacities in document examination at the border.

He holds Specialist Level Document Expert (SLDE) status within Frontex and participates in the FIELDS project. His Directorate also serves as the national contact point for the PRADO register.

The Directorate’s forensic laboratory has been accredited since 2017 in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025, with an accredited scope covering technical document examination, forensic portrait examination and handwriting examination. The laboratory also conducts specialised examinations of identification markings on metal objects, including vehicle identification numbers.

In 2025 and 2026, Alexandr participated in the PCC SEE Thematic Working Group on the Exchange of Information regarding Forged and Fake Travel Documents, contributing to the exchange of expertise on emerging forms, trends and methods of document forgery and misuse.

An expert with the Navarre Regional Police in Spain, Haimar specialises in document examination and illicit vehicle trafficking, contributing directly to investigations involving document fraud, vehicle forgery and transnational criminal networks.

Alongside his operational work, he is an experienced trainer who has delivered specialised instruction in document examination, vehicle trafficking and the EUCARIS system to law enforcement agencies throughout Spain. His training activity has also extended internationally, reaching police and security services in Morocco and Portugal, as well as professionals connected to organisations including Interpol and Frontex.

Haimar has spoken at national and international conferences and collaborated with police academies, universities and public and private institutions in the training of specialists involved in document and vehicle investigations.

With 23 years of service in the Local Police of Rovigo, Italy, Riccardo Evangelista is a specialised forensic document analyst and the Technical Manager of the Rovigo Local Police Document Fraud Unit, “Polo Falso Documentale”.

An expert document examiner for more than a decade, he works closely with leading institutions, law enforcement agencies, document producers and developers of security solutions.

Riccardo has delivered specialised training to Italian and international law enforcement officers, including personnel from the Local Police, Carabinieri, State Police, Guardia di Finanza and Penitentiary Police.

His international training experience includes programmes for the Embassy of Canada, the North-East Customs Agency and UNODC, covering document examination, forgery detection, visual identification and the illicit trafficking of vehicles.

He is also the co-creator, organiser and speaker of “Il Falsario”, now in its seventh edition—a three-day specialist programme dedicated to intensive training and the exchange of good practices among law enforcement agencies, document experts and security-industry professionals.

With 10 years of experience in forensic analysis, Christian Zitzelsberger specialises in document examination, graphic arts and screen printing, forensic calligraphy and vehicle identification.

His expertise extends to electronic identification and the magnetic and chemical detection of latent identification markings on metals. He holds specialist qualifications in documentoscopy, vehicle identification, electronic identification and chemical vehicle reconstruction, and is the author of dedicated publications on identity verification and vehicle identification.

Christian is the founder and a lecturer at PWB Forensic, as well as Vice President and lecturer at the Spanish Continuing Education Association Interdocpol. He is also a member of IAATI and CIdepa, contributing to international professional networks focused on vehicle crime and forensic identification.

With 20 years of experience in law enforcement, Vasileios Makris serves as a Sergeant with the Hellenic Police, specialising in travel document examination at the Document Examination Office of the Athens International Airport Policing Directorate.

A second-line document expert since 2010, he has spent more than a decade working at one of Europe’s most demanding border control environments, tackling increasingly sophisticated document fraud and identity abuse.

Since 2017, he has also contributed to the Frontex Reference Manual Project as an ALDO/SLDE expert, helping develop operational guidance used by border authorities across Europe.

Cristian Ionel Negru is a forensic expert and operational contributor focused on travel document intelligence, identity verification and field-oriented checking practices.

yroslava Andrushchyshyna is Chief of the Expert Support Group “Halychyna” and forensic expert within the Expert Support Unit for the Western Regional Directorate of the Main Forensic Centre of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, based in Lviv.

With 23 years of service in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Myroslava brings extensive operational experience in border security and border control. Before becoming a forensic expert, she served at border crossing points and within the headquarters of border protection authorities.

With 9 years of experience in forensic examination, she specialises in Forensic Document Examination and Forensic Facial Recognition and Comparison. Her expertise covers national and foreign passports, ID cards, driving licences, vehicle registration certificates, birth certificates, stamps and seals, as well as other identity and security documents. She has extensive practical experience in detecting forged documents, document alterations and different methods of forgery.

Myroslava regularly conducts specialised training for Ukrainian inspectors, both in Ukraine and abroad. Her training focuses on the identification of security features, detection of forged documents and practical methods of document examination. As a trainer and multiplier, she also provides professional consultations on document security and forgery detection.

Her international professional experience includes participation in congresses, conferences, professional presentations and study visits to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland and Lithuania. Through these programmes, she has gained practical knowledge of modern travel documents, examination equipment and approaches to document security, while exchanging experience with representatives of border authorities and airport specialists.

Owen Lang joins the FRONTLINERS 2026 speaker line-up.

Owen is Regional Sales Manager at Foster + Freeman, the UK-based forensic technology company behind the VSC range of document examination systems.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, he will present “Foster + Freeman VSC Technology,” demonstrating how solutions ranging from VSC ForeFront to VSC9000 support the examination of modern travel documents—from frontline screening to forensic-level investigation.

Owen will also lead a practical workshop combining live demonstrations with hands-on examination using VSC NOMAX2, VSC ForeFront and VSC technology.

We are pleased to welcome Owen Lang to FRONTLINERS 2026.

Sandra is CEO of Doculus Lumus GmbH and co-founder of its parent engineering company, charismaTec OG.

With a university degree in IT and extensive experience in software development, automation and RFID technology, she has worked alongside her co-founder and document experts on the development of mobile document-checking devices since 2013.

As a university lecturer, Sandra also brings valuable teaching experience to the device and document examination training she conducts. Today, Doculus Lumus devices are used by border police, customs authorities, laboratories and organisations worldwide.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, Sandra will bring together technology, document examination and professional training, exploring how mobile tools can strengthen frontline capabilities while keeping expert judgement at the centre of the examination process.

We are pleased to welcome Sandra Slavinec, MSc, to FRONTLINERS 2026.

Miruna is Sales Manager at Keesing Technologies, a global provider of identity-verification solutions.

Originally from Romania and now based in the Netherlands, she brings an international perspective to the conversation around identity verification and fraud prevention.

She specialises in helping organisations address document and identity-fraud challenges through Keesing’s Three Lines of Defense: comprehensive document data, advanced verification technologies and specialist expertise.

Her work focuses on supporting frontline professionals with solutions that strengthen trust, enhance security and enable better-informed decisions when verifying identities and documents.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, Miruna will bring a valuable perspective on how technology, reliable data and human expertise can work together to strengthen identity verification and frontline fraud detection.

Axel Vonderhagen is Sales Manager at OVD Kinegram, with over 25 years of experience in Government Solutions. He has managed more than 30 international projects involving PKI-based national eID, Digital Tachograph and Biometric Passport solutions.

Since joining OVD Kinegram in 2024, he has worked with national and security printers and integrators across Europe, developing security concepts and strategies for highly secure government documents and advancing identity protection technologies.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, Axel will lead the hands-on workshop “The ‘Must-Know’ Verification of First-Line Security Features of DOVIDs”, focused on recognising genuine optical effects, examining them correctly and identifying deviations that require closer attention.

His extensive experience connects advanced document security technology with the practical decisions frontline officers must make when verifying identity documents.

Iulian Stefan is Deputy Head of the Mangalia Ship Group within the Romanian Border Police and a specialist in stolen vehicles.

With over 20 years of professional experience, including 15 dedicated to the identity solutions industry, Gregory brings extensive knowledge of the technologies and market dynamics shaping secure identity management.

As Marketing Director at Linxens Government, a brand within the Linxens Group, he drives marketing strategies for government-focused identity solutions. Throughout his career, he has helped shape approaches that strengthen security and improve identity management across industries.

His work connects technological expertise with an understanding of market needs, offering a valuable perspective on how identity solutions evolve to meet the requirements of governments and the people they serve.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, Gregory will contribute an industry perspective on secure identity solutions, connecting developments in technology with the challenges faced by professionals working in document and identity verification.

Stanislas Monnier is Business Development Manager at Oberthur Solutions, a specialized division of the François-Charles Oberthur Group, operating at the intersection of high-security document manufacturing and advanced identity technologies.

With extensive experience in complex government projects, Stanislas spent the early part of his career supporting and equipping State Action at Sea forces, working directly with operational realities on the ground.

Today, at Oberthur Solutions, he deploys cutting-edge identity solutions powered by innovative microlenticular technology tailored for government agencies.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, Stanislas will deliver the technical presentation:

“Beyond Forensics: Delivering Instant Visual Truth with A4ID”

His intervention will explore how microlenticular innovation is transforming document security and field authentication by enabling instant, intuitive and naked-eye visual verification of identity documents. The presentation will focus on how A4ID bridges the gap between high-level security printing and operational reality, helping frontline professionals validate documents rapidly and confidently in the field.

A graduate of the Police Academy, specialising in Border Police, Marius Nistor brings 14 years of experience as a trainer at the Iași Border Police Initial and Continuous Training School, with expertise in combating international trafficking in stolen vehicles and border police tactics.

Between 2010 and 2016, he participated in numerous Frontex projects and training programmes, including Advanced Detection of Stolen Vehicles Training (A.D.E.S.V.E.T.), Train the Trainers, Second Line Interview Experts, the Course for Debriefing Experts, and the Sectoral Qualifications Framework for Border Guarding (S.Q.F.).

Since 2022, he has been deployed by Frontex as a Motor Vehicle Crime Detection Officer (MVCDO) at border crossing points across Europe and third countries, applying specialist expertise in operational environments.

At FRONTLINERS 2026, Marius brings a perspective that connects professional training with frontline experience in detecting stolen vehicles and tackling cross-border vehicle crime.