“We confirm our commitment to support prosecutions to ensure accountability for international crimes committed in Ukraine,” reads the G7 final declaration in the chapter dedicated to Ukraine. The G7 welcomed Ukraine’s important progress in its reform efforts, in the rule of law and in the anti-corruption fight, implemented through the establishment of the Ukraine Anti-Corruption Task Force (Tokyo 2023).
The main outcome of the Venice meeting, the third after Berlin and Tokyo, was the creation of the Venice Justice Group, a body that will strengthen and coordinate the initiatives of the G7 countries. Thanks to it, the various ministries will discuss global challenges, starting with Artificial Intelligence, to help defend democratic systems against disinformation on the web and protect electoral processes. To this end, Italy has undertaken to organize the first technical meeting in November.

The second day was devoted to the fight against organized crime, starting with drug trafficking and the ‘dramatic’ emergency, as Minister Carlo Nordio put it, linked to fentanyl: ‘The US has had more deaths due to fentanyl than during the Vietnam war, in Canada there is the same problem, and unfortunately, as expected, the drug is also spreading in Europe. In Italy we had the first example of an investigation and everything suggests that we will have more’.
Another focus was on human trafficking and irregular migration, with a view to implementing the Palermo Convention, the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC), and supporting the work of the UNODC.
‘We had two days of intense, extremely fruitful work that ended with an full shared vision on a number of essential issues,’ commented Minister Nordio at the end of the two-day G7 meeting.

For eleven centuries, the Serenissima Republic of Venice, one of the richest and longest lived powers in European history, experienced an extraordinary period of cultural and artistic flourishing.
Even today, this creative soul lives on in the workshops and ateliers where the age-old secrets of Murano glass, Burano lace, textiles, jewellery and glass beads are guarded. The skilful hands of venetian craftsmen tell of the genius of a people who, for generations, have made 'savoir faire' an art form.

Venice is the capital of the Veneto region which, with over 420.000 companies, is one of the most economically advanced areas in Europe and where entrepreneurial spirit and innovation blend with a thousand-year history.

A symbol of diplomacy and international openness, Venice still remains a crossroads of cultures and a place of dialogue that open its door to an important event of the Italian G7 Presidency.