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  • Launch of the Global Assassination Monitor #AssassinationWitness

    17 November 2021, 02:00 PM

    Nina Kaysser Andrew Caruana Galizia Fiona Marshall Michelle Foley Mark Shaw Ana Paula Oliveira
  • Criminal governance during the pandemic in Cape Town and Nairobi

    22 November 2021, 09:00 AM

    Roegchanda Pascoe Antônio Sampaio Lindy Mtongana
  • Plastic for profit: Tracing illicit plastic waste flows, supply chains and actors

    23 November 2021, 09:00 AM

    Louise Taylor Yuyun Ismawati Virginia Comolli Willie Wilson
  • From gang curfews to predation: Criminal governance during COVID in five cities

    30 November 2021, 02:00 PM

    Lindy Mtongana Antônio Sampaio Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson Babette Ullemeyer
  • Soldiers of Fortune: The future of Chadian fighters after the Libyan ceasefire

    08 December 2021, 10:00 AM

    Jalel Harchaoui Alice Fereday Alexandre Bish
  • An Iranian Fingerprint?: The illicit arms trade and spillover of the Yemen conflict into the Horn of Africa

    09 December 2021, 01:00 PM

    Jay Bahadur Wolf-Christian Paes Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen Lindy Mtongana
  • Zuwara’s Civil Society Fight against Organized Crime: Successes and failures of local community efforts.

    20 December 2021, 02:00 PM

    Raouf Farrah Emadeddin Badi Fadwa Kamil Basem Dahn Taezeez Alhasaeri
  • The future of international cooperation against transnational organized crime

    13 January 2022, 02:00 PM

    Denise Mazzolani Tariq Khosa Jessica Jahn Walter Kemp Matti Joutsen Ian Tennant Garba Baba Umar Yvon Dandurand
  • Legalizing the Drug Wars: A Regulatory History of UN Drug Control

    15 March 2022, 08:00 AM

    Tuesday Reitano Umej Bhatia Robert Peacock Lindsay Skoll John Collins Luis Javier Campuzano Pina
  • Illicit economies, armed conflict and instability

    22 March 2022, 02:00 PM

    Mathias Steinebach Gifty Mensah Judith Vorrath Summer Walker Alastair Nelson Renata Segura Mark Shaw Borges Nhamirre Adam Day Heike Thiele Tjark Egenhoff Jean-Luc Lemahieu Lucia Bird Amado Philip de Andres Etannibi Alemika
  • Reporting and prosecuting extortion in Italy

    23 March 2022, 05:00 PM

    Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Salvatore Caradonna Edoardo Zaffuto Giovanni Sala Antonio Balsamo Alessandra Perrone
  • Cambodia’s trafficked brides: The escalating phenomenon of forced marriage

    11 May 2022, 10:00 AM

    Lucia Bird Chan Saron Sean Sok Phay Thi Hoang Vireak Chhun Le Thi Hong Luong
  • 31st CCPCJ Side Event: The importance of including external perspectives in the negotiations on a UN cybercrime treat

    16 May 2022, 11:15 AM

    Joyce Hakmeh Troy Lulashnyk Eric do Val Lacerda Sogocio Faouzia Boumaiza Mebarki Ian Tennant Louise Marie Hurel Summer Walker
  • 31st CCPCJ Side Event: Integrated strategy for effective governance of global crime: UNTOC, UNCAC, Rule of Law and Sustainable Development Goals

    18 May 2022, 11:15 AM

    Slawomir Redo Yvon Dandurand Megan Capp Jessica Jahn Gillian Dell Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic Ian Tennant
  • 31st CCPCJ Side Event: Communities on the frontline against organized crime

    18 May 2022, 12:10 PM

    Ian Tennant Maria Isabel Cruz Bernal Siria Gastelum Felix Robert Riziki Hermanto Hasan Bubacar Ture Mark Shaw Kjersti E. Andersen Luis Javier Campuzano Pina
  • 31st CCPCJ Side Event: Environmental crime as organized crime in the Amazon basin

    19 May 2022, 12:10 PM

    Maiara Folly Livia Wagner Adam Day Alberto Campana Boluarte César Augusto Ipenza Sandra Teran
  • Morocco’s regularization of cannabis production: Anticipated impacts on the illicit cannabis economy

    19 May 2022, 02:00 PM

    Khalid Tinasti Kenza Afsahi Tasnim Abderrahim Jallal Toufiq
  • Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

    30 June 2022, 09:00 AM

    Jean-Luc Lemahieu Alessandro Cortese Francesco Testa Ruggero Scaturro Riikka Puttonen Anna Alvazzi del Frate Mark Shaw Maria Vittoria De Simone
  • Youth activism: Challenges and opportunities

    12 July 2022, 09:00 AM

    Darjan (Vuk) Vulević Bardha Nergjoni Elton Laska Fatjona Mejdini Ebi Spahiu Dajana Berisha Elion Puka Ella Ljubić Mićan Andrijašević Anesa Agovic Vanja Petrovic Nevila Jahaj Xhodi Hysa Keti Lamani
  • Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

    07 September 2022, 11:00 AM

    Mouhamadou Kane Lyes Tagziria Lucia Bird Heike Thiele Kingsley Madueke
  • Human Trafficking in the Mekong region

    14 September 2022, 09:00 AM

    Nget Thy Virginia Comolli Kaoru Yamagiwa Thi Hoang Lindsey Kennedy
  • JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

    22 September 2022, 02:30 PM

    Lucia Bird Eleanor Beevor Désiré NIKIEMA Zakaria Soré
  • Tracing the rise of irregular migration from Tunisia

    29 September 2022, 02:00 PM

    Matt Herbert Tasnim Abderrahim Dalia Ghanem
  • Social reuse of confiscated assets - possibilities for civil society In Albania

    03 October 2022, 08:00 AM

    Qirjako Theodhori Fatjona Mejdini Reinout Vos Drita Avdyli Saša Đorđević Vanja Petrovic
  • 11th UNTOC COP Side Event: New ways of measuring organized crime and corruption

    17 October 2022, 01:00 PM

    Heather Marquette Elizabeth David Barrett Kosyo Ivanov
  • 11th UNTOC COP Side Event: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

    18 October 2022, 08:00 AM

    Kingsley Madueke Lyes Tagziria Lucia Bird Mouhamadou Kane
  • 11th UNTOC COP Side Event: Enhancing coordination between UNTOC and UNCAC: The Why and the How

    19 October 2022, 08:00 AM

    Ana Paula Oliveira Gillian Dell Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic Ian Tennant
  • 11th UNTOC COP Side Event: The importance of civil society engagement in the implementation of UNTOC, and how to do it

    19 October 2022, 12:00 PM

    Ian Tennant Ana Paula Oliveira Tariq Khosa Anna Alvazzi del Frate Francesco Testa
  • 11th UNTOC COP Side Event: Addressing the increasing links between arms trafficking and other forms of organized crime

    20 October 2022, 08:00 AM

    Siria Gastelum Felix Simonetta Grassi Nils Duquet Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Romain Romain Le Cour Grandmaison
  • Rebounding smuggling activity along the Central Mediterranean Route

    25 October 2022, 02:00 PM

    Alice Fereday Mark Micallef Amanda Kadlec
  • Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

    25 October 2022, 03:00 PM

    Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Lucia Dammert Livia Wagner Griselda Triana Celia Medrano
  • Conflict economies and urban systems in the Lake Chad Region

    15 November 2022, 10:00 AM

    Bobbo Moussa Antônio Sampaio Lawan Danjuma Adamu Eleanor Beevor
  • The downsides of digital revolution: Confronting Africa’s evolving cyber threats

    12 December 2022, 02:00 PM

    Rumbi Matamba Nate Allen Tomslin Samme-Nlar Matthew La Lime
  • Exploring the maritime Balkan routes

    13 December 2022, 02:00 PM

    Anna Sergi Saša Đorđević Vanja Petrovic Ruggero Scaturro
  • The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

    07 February 2023, 09:00 AM

    Manji Mangrock Flore Berger Lawan Danjuma Adamu Kingsley Madueke Nengak Daniel Gondyi
  • The Silent Threat – Kidnappings in Burkina Faso

    22 March 2023, 02:00 PM

    Mouhamadou Kane Abdoul Aziz Azeibou Abdel Aziz Mossi Flore Berger Eleanor Beevor
  • The Russo-Ukrainian war and the illegal arms trade

    10 May 2023, 02:00 PM

    Anna Arutunyan Tuesday Reitano Fedir Sydoruk Mark Galeotti
  • Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

    16 May 2023, 02:00 PM

    Kalidou Sidibé Modibo Galy Cissé Mouhamadou Kane Flore Berger Kingsley Madueke
  • How politics, economics and corruption fuel live great ape trafficking

    18 May 2023, 04:00 PM

    Daniel Stiles Jenny Desmond Patricia Tricorache Ian Redmond Ofir Drori

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Celia Medrano

Celia Medrano

Etannibi Alemika

Etannibi Alemika

Antonio Balsamo

Antonio Balsamo

Umej Bhatia

Umej Bhatia

H.E. Luis Javier Campuzano Pina

H.E. Luis Javier Campuzano Pina

Andrew Caruana Galizia

Andrew Caruana Galizia

Vireak Chhun

Vireak Chhun

Virginia Comolli

Virginia Comolli

Lucia Dammert

Lucia Dammert

Adam Day

Adam Day

Ofir Drori

Ofir Drori

Director, Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement (EAGLE)

Mark Galeotti

Mark Galeotti

Mayak Intelligence

Siria Gastelum Felix

Siria Gastelum Felix

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Le Thi Hong Luong

Le Thi Hong Luong

Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation

Lindsey Kennedy

Lindsey Kennedy

TePonui

Jean-Luc Lemahieu

Jean-Luc Lemahieu

UNODC

Fiona Marshall

Fiona Marshall

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Gifty Mensah

Gifty Mensah

Angie Brooks International Centre (ABIC)

Lindy Mtongana

Lindy Mtongana

Roegchanda Pascoe

Roegchanda Pascoe

Manenberg Safety forum

Robert Peacock

Robert Peacock

Alessandra Perrone

Alessandra Perrone

Vanja Petrovic

Vanja Petrovic

GI - TOC

Amado Philip de Andres

Amado Philip de Andres

Ian Redmond OBE

Ian Redmond OBE

Chairman, Ape Alliance

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

GI-TOC

Chan Saron

Chan Saron

Chab Dai

Renata Segura

Renata Segura

Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw

Lindsay Skoll

Lindsay Skoll

Sean Sok Phay

Sean Sok Phay

Child Helpline Cambodia

Ebi Spahiu

Ebi Spahiu

Dutch Embassy in Tirana

Xhela Sveçla

Xhela Sveçla

Republic of Kosovo

Heike Thiele

Heike Thiele

Nget Thy

Nget Thy

Cambodian Centre for Protection of Children's Rights (CCPCR)

Griselda Triana

Griselda Triana

Judith Vorrath

Judith Vorrath

Dhr. Reinout Vos

Dhr. Reinout Vos

Dutch Embassy in Tirana

Kaoru Yamagiwa

Kaoru Yamagiwa

Laos Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Project, Winrock

Julia Yansura

Julia Yansura

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Tjark Egenhoff

Tjark Egenhoff

UNDP

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Instituto de Criminología y Estudios sobre la Violencia

Tasnim Abderrahim

Tasnim Abderrahim

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Prof. Kenza Afsahi

Prof. Kenza Afsahi

Émile Durkheim Center

Anesa Agovic

Anesa Agovic

Taezeez Alhasaeri

Taezeez Alhasaeri

Dr Nate Allen

Dr Nate Allen

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Anna Alvazzi del Frate

Anna Alvazzi del Frate

The Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice

Luis Enrique Amaya

Luis Enrique Amaya

Kristina Amerhauser

Kristina Amerhauser

H.E. Kjersti E. Andersen

H.E. Kjersti E. Andersen

Permanent Mission of Norway in Vienna

Mićan Andrijašević

Mićan Andrijašević

NGO Juventas

Anna Arutunyan

Anna Arutunyan

Mayak Intelligence

Drita Avdyli

Drita Avdyli

Instituti Migracionit Zhvillimit dhe Integrimit (Institute for Migration and Integration)

Abdoul Aziz Azeibou

Abdoul Aziz Azeibou

ACLED

Garba Baba Umar

Garba Baba Umar

Emadeddin Badi

Emadeddin Badi

Jay Bahadur

Jay Bahadur

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Flore Berger

Flore Berger

GI-TOC

Dajana Berisha

Dajana Berisha

Alexandre Bish

Alexandre Bish

Safet Blakaj

Safet Blakaj

Labyrinth

Giovanni Broussard

Giovanni Broussard

Ambassador Alberto Campana Boluarte

Ambassador Alberto Campana Boluarte

Megan Capp

Megan Capp

Salvatore Caradonna

Salvatore Caradonna

Robin Cartwright

Robin Cartwright

Dan Challender

Dan Challender

Oxford University

Paul Chaves

Paul Chaves

Théo Clément

Théo Clément

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

John Collins

John Collins

Amb. Alessandro Cortese

Amb. Alessandro Cortese

Maria Isabel Cruz Bernal

Maria Isabel Cruz Bernal

Basem Dahn

Basem Dahn

Yvon Dandurand

Yvon Dandurand

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

GI-TOC

Andreas Daugaard

Andreas Daugaard

Elizabeth David Barrett

Elizabeth David Barrett

International Anti-Corruption Academy

Alisa Davies

Alisa Davies

Gillian Dell

Gillian Dell

Antonello De Riu

Antonello De Riu

Italian Embassy in Kosovo

Maria Vittoria De Simone

Maria Vittoria De Simone

Italian National Antimafia and Counterterrorism Directorate

Jenny Desmond

Jenny Desmond

Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection, Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation

Saša Đorđević

Saša Đorđević

GI-TOC

Eric do Val Lacerda Sogocio

Eric do Val Lacerda Sogocio

Brazil

Carolina Duque

Carolina Duque

Nils Duquet

Nils Duquet

Flemish Peace Institute

Raouf Farrah

Raouf Farrah

Alice Fereday

Alice Fereday

Michelle Foley

Michelle Foley

Maiara Folly

Maiara Folly

Modibo Galy Cissé

Modibo Galy Cissé

Leiden University

Dr Dalia Ghanem

Dr Dalia Ghanem

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

Nengak Daniel Gondyi

Nengak Daniel Gondyi

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Simonetta Grassi

Simonetta Grassi

UNODC

Joyce Hakmeh

Joyce Hakmeh

Jalel Harchaoui

Jalel Harchaoui

GI-TOC

Hermanto Hasan

Hermanto Hasan

The Geutanyoe Foundation

Simone Haysom

Simone Haysom

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Dr Matt Herbert

Dr Matt Herbert

GI-TOC

Thi Hoang

Thi Hoang

GI-TOC

Marcena Hunter

Marcena Hunter

GI-TOC

Louise Marie Hurel

Louise Marie Hurel

Xhodi Hysa

Xhodi Hysa

César Augusto Ipenza

César Augusto Ipenza

Yuyun Ismawati

Yuyun Ismawati

Kosyo Ivanov

Kosyo Ivanov

GI-TOC

Nevila Jahaj

Nevila Jahaj

Jessica Jahn

Jessica Jahn

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform

Dr Matti Joutsen

Dr Matti Joutsen

D K

D K

Amanda Kadlec

Amanda Kadlec

Ponelo Kalonga

Ponelo Kalonga

Ceres Kam

Ceres Kam

Environmental Investigation Agency

Fadwa Kamil

Fadwa Kamil

Mouhamadou Kane

Mouhamadou Kane

Miloš Katić

Miloš Katić

Nina Kaysser

Nina Kaysser

Walter Kemp

Walter Kemp

Tariq Khosa

Tariq Khosa

Dardan Koçani

Dardan Koçani

GI-TOC

Dr Matthew La Lime

Dr Matthew La Lime

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Keti Lamani

Keti Lamani

Elton Laska

Elton Laska

Ella Ljubić

Ella Ljubić

Troy Lulashnyk

Troy Lulashnyk

Dr Hai Thanh Luong

Dr Hai Thanh Luong

The University of Queensland; RMIT University

Alastair MacBeath

Alastair MacBeath

Manji Mangrock

Manji Mangrock

Plateau State Peacebuilding Agency

Heather Marquette

Heather Marquette

University of Birmingham

Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson

Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson

Rumbi Matamba

Rumbi Matamba

GI-TOC

Denise Mazzolani

Denise Mazzolani

Faouzia Boumaiza Mebarki

Faouzia Boumaiza Mebarki

Ana María Méndez Dardón

Ana María Méndez Dardón

Mark Micallef

Mark Micallef

Miroslava Milenović

Miroslava Milenović

Dejan Milovac

Dejan Milovac

Abdel Aziz Mossi

Abdel Aziz Mossi

SOAFRICA CONSEILS SARL

Bobbo Moussa

Bobbo Moussa

Alastair Nelson

Alastair Nelson

Bardha Nergjoni

Bardha Nergjoni

Information Network & Active Citizenship

Borges Nhamirre

Borges Nhamirre

Désiré NIKIEMA

Désiré NIKIEMA

Alliance pour une Mine Responsable (ARM)

Ana Paula Oliveira

Ana Paula Oliveira

Wolf-Christian Paes

Wolf-Christian Paes

Valentina Pancieri

Valentina Pancieri

Juan Pappier

Juan Pappier

Gretchen Peters

Gretchen Peters

Vania Pigeonutt

Vania Pigeonutt

Elion Puka

Elion Puka

Riikka Puttonen

Riikka Puttonen

UNODC

Senad Ramadanović

Senad Ramadanović

Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa

Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa

Slawomir Redo

Slawomir Redo

Robert Riziki

Robert Riziki

Arts for Rights

Romain Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Romain Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Giovanni Sala

Giovanni Sala

Tomslin Samme-Nlar

Tomslin Samme-Nlar

Genesys Telecommunications

Antônio Sampaio

Antônio Sampaio

Senior Analyst

Kady Seguin

Kady Seguin

Impact

Dr Anna Sergi

Dr Anna Sergi

University of Essex

Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen

Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen

Dr Kalidou Sidibé

Dr Kalidou Sidibé

University of Law and Political Science of Bamako

Dr Zakaria Soré

Dr Zakaria Soré

Mathias Steinebach

Mathias Steinebach

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Daniel Stiles

Daniel Stiles

Wildlife trafficking investigator

Fedir Sydoruk

Fedir Sydoruk

GI-TOC

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Louise Taylor

Louise Taylor

Ian Tennant

Ian Tennant

Sandra Teran

Sandra Teran

Francesco Testa

Francesco Testa

Qirjako Theodhori

Qirjako Theodhori

Albanian Agency of the Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets

Dr Nicholas Thomson

Dr Nicholas Thomson

Dr. Khalid Tinasti

Dr. Khalid Tinasti

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Prof. Jallal Toufiq

Prof. Jallal Toufiq

Moroccan National Centre for Drug Abuse Prevention and Research

Patricia Tricorache

Patricia Tricorache

Bubacar Ture

Bubacar Ture

Babette Ullemeyer

Babette Ullemeyer

GIZ

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Darjan (Vuk) Vulević

Darjan (Vuk) Vulević

NEOSTART - Center for crime prevention and after incarceration care

Livia Wagner

Livia Wagner

Summer Walker

Summer Walker

Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson

Dr Michel Yoboue

Dr Michel Yoboue

Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition

Edoardo Zaffuto

Edoardo Zaffuto

Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Kingsley Madueke

Kingsley Madueke

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