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
Mark Shaw Ana Paula Oliveira Nina Kaysser Andrew Caruana Galizia Michelle Foley Fiona Marshall

Illicit economies, armed conflict and instability

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

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

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

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

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

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

Launch of the ECO-SOLVE Programme

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

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

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

New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes

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