Arms Trafficking

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Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Abiba Diarrassouba PhD

Abiba Diarrassouba PhD

Research-Action, Learning, and Reporting Coordinator, Resilience for Peace

Oliver Gnad

Oliver Gnad

Co-founder and managing director, Bureau fuer Zeitgeschehen (Bureau of Current Affairs)

Svenja Ossmann

Svenja Ossmann

Cluster Coordinator for ECOWAS, GIZ

Julia Stanyard

Julia Stanyard

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

Héni Nsaibia

Héni Nsaibia

West Africa Senior Analyst, ACLED

Nina Wilen

Nina Wilen

Director, Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations

Ousmane Aly Diallo

Ousmane Aly Diallo

Senior Researcher for the Sahel, Amnesty International

Dr Michelle Small

Dr Michelle Small

UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries

Habib Sow

Habib Sow

Programme Manager - West Africa Observatory, GI-TOC

Jürgen Stock

Jürgen Stock

Former Secretary General, Interpol

Prof. Marta Machado

Prof. Marta Machado

National Secretary | SENAD | Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública, Federal government of Brazil

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

Deputy Director, GI-TOC

Walter Kemp

Walter Kemp

Director of Communications, GI-TOC

Dr Mark Shaw

Dr Mark Shaw

Executive Director, GI-TOC

Livia Wagner

Livia Wagner

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Lindy Mtongana

Lindy Mtongana

Jay Bahadur

Jay Bahadur

Wolf-Christian Paes

Wolf-Christian Paes

Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen

Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen

Heike Thiele

Heike Thiele

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Director of the West Africa Observatory, GI-TOC

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Director of the South Eastern Europe Observatory, GI-TOC

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

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Talks

An Iranian Fingerprint?: The illicit arms trade and spillover of the Yemen conflict into the Horn of Africa

09 December 2021, 01:00 PM

Lindy Mtongana

Jay Bahadur

Wolf-Christian Paes

Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

07 September 2022, 11:00 AM

Heike Thiele

Lucia Bird

Lyes Tagziria

Mouhamadou Kane

Kingsley Madueke

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

25 October 2022, 03:00 PM

Livia Wagner

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Griselda Triana

Lucia Dammert

Celia Medrano

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

07 February 2023, 09:00 AM

Kingsley Madueke

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Manji Mangrock

Flore Berger

Nengak Daniel Gondyi

The Russo-Ukrainian war and the illegal arms trade

10 May 2023, 02:00 PM

Tuesday Reitano

Mark Galeotti

Anna Arutunyan

Fedir Sydoruk

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

16 May 2023, 02:00 PM

Mouhamadou Kane

Kingsley Madueke

Flore Berger

Kalidou Sidibé

Modibo Galy Cissé

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

26 September 2023, 02:00 PM

Mark Shaw

Rumbi Matamba

Global Initiative

Laura Adal

North-Eastern Côte d’Ivoire: between illicit economies and violent extremism

04 October 2023, 02:00 PM

Mouhamadou Kane

Flore Berger

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Parfait N'Goran

William Assanvo

Armed groups, vehicle trafficking, and (de)stabilizing local economies

10 October 2023, 02:00 PM

Mouhamadou Kane

Eleanor Beevor

Hamidou Diallo

Edward Yogo

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

18 December 2023, 03:00 PM

Tuesday Reitano

Mark Galeotti

Yuliya Zabyelina

Federico Varese

Gangsters at War: Russia's Use of Organized Crime as an Instrument of Statecraft

04 November 2024, 01:30 PM

Tuesday Reitano

Mark Galeotti

‘On Target? Sanctions and Their Effectiveness in the Western Balkans: A Decade of Lessons Learned

16 December 2024, 09:00 AM

Ruggero Scaturro

Fatjona Mejdini

Matt Herbert

Andrijana Pisarević

Cattle rustling and insecurity: in the tri-border area between Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

29 July 2025, 02:00 PM

Abiba Diarrassouba

Flore Berger

Fofana Moussa

Scenarios for the future of organized crime in the Western Balkans

21 August 2025, 10:30 AM

Oliver Gnad

Walter Kemp

Fatjona Mejdini

Ioannis Vlassis

Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa - 2025

20 October 2025, 02:00 PM

Svenja Ossmann

Lucia Bird

Lyes Tagziria

Mouhamadou Kane

Kingsley Madueke

Miriam Uben Adah

Private military companies and arms control challenges: The Wagner group in Mali

30 October 2025, 02:00 PM

Julia Stanyard

Héni Nsaibia

Nina Wilen

Ousmane Aly Diallo

Michelle Small

Habib Sow

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2025

10 November 2025, 02:00 PM

Jürgen Stock

Marta Machado

Tuesday Reitano

Mark Shaw

John Githongo

Laura Adal

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