Mark Shaw

Director, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

About this speaker

Mark Shaw is the Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

He was previously the National Research Foundation Professor of Justice and Security at the University of Cape Town, Department of Criminology.

Mark worked for ten years at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), including as Inter-regional Advisor, Chief of the Criminal Justice Reform Unit and with the Global Programme against Transnational Organised Crime, with extensive field work.

Before joining the UN, Mark held a number of positions in the South African government and civil society where he worked on issues of public safety and urban violence in the post-apartheid transition.

He holds a PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and has published widely on organised crime, security and justice reform issues.

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Talks

Launch of the Global Assassination Monitor #AssassinationWitness

17 November 2021, 02:00 PM
Fiona Marshall Ana Paula Oliveira Andrew Caruana Galizia Mark Shaw Michelle Foley Nina Kaysser

Illicit economies, armed conflict and instability

22 March 2022, 02:00 PM
Heike Thiele Borges Nhamirre Mathias Steinebach Etannibi Alemika Summer Walker Amado Philip de Andres Judith Vorrath Alastair Nelson Lucia Bird Tjark Egenhoff Mark Shaw Adam Day Gifty Mensah Renata Segura Jean-Luc Lemahieu

31st CCPCJ Side Event: Communities on the frontline against organized crime

18 May 2022, 12:10 PM
Ian Tennant Luis Javier Campuzano Pina Robert Riziki Bubacar Ture Mark Shaw Maria Isabel Cruz Bernal Hermanto Hasan Siria Gastelum Felix Kjersti E. Andersen

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

30 June 2022, 09:00 AM
Francesco Testa Ruggero Scaturro Anna Alvazzi del Frate Jean-Luc Lemahieu Alessandro Cortese Riikka Puttonen Mark Shaw Maria Vittoria De Simone

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

26 September 2023, 02:00 PM
Laura Adal Rumbi Matamba Global Initiative Mark Shaw

Launch of the ECO-SOLVE Programme

24 April 2024, 02:00 PM
Cecile Plunet Jeremy Phan Maria Rosa Sabbatelli Laura Avila Rivera Cathy Dreyer Astrid Schomaker Mark Shaw Salvatore Amato Ilaria Di Silvestre Simone Haysom Peter M Wagner Sofía Espíndola Oviedo Jorge Jesus Ramon Gonzáles Gallego John Githongo

Rising organized criminality in the Pacific islands – What drives it?

05 June 2024, 07:30 AM
Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni Peter Aitsi Mark Shaw Laura Adal Virginia Comolli

New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes

03 October 2024, 12:00 PM
Julian Rademeyer Thin Lei Win Nina Kaysser Ofir Drori Adams Cassinga Mark Shaw Yan Naung Oak Lionel Hachemin Bruno Morais Louise Taylor Claudelice Dos Santos Salvatore Amato Jose Louies