Arms Trafficking

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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.

Rumbi Matamba

Rumbi Matamba

Analyst, GI-TOC

Manji Mangrock

Manji Mangrock

Plateau State Peacebuilding Agency

Flore Berger

Flore Berger

Sahel Analyst, GI-TOC

Nengak Daniel Gondyi

Nengak Daniel Gondyi

Project Officer, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Dr Kalidou Sidibé

Dr Kalidou Sidibé

Professor, University of Law and Political Science of Bamako

Modibo Galy Cissé

Modibo Galy Cissé

PhD Candidate, Leiden University

Prof Mark Galeotti

Prof Mark Galeotti

Director, Mayak Intelligence

Anna Arutunyan

Anna Arutunyan

Senior Russia Analyst, Mayak Intelligence

Fedir Sydoruk

Fedir Sydoruk

Field Coordinator UKR-Obs, GI-TOC

Ioannis Vlassis

Ioannis Vlassis

Analyst, GI-TOC

Global Initiative

Global Initiative

GI-TOC

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Founder and Executive Director, Institut de Stratégie et de Relations Internationales (ISRI)

Parfait N'Goran

Parfait N'Goran

Researcher and Lecturer, University of Bouaké

William Assanvo

William Assanvo

Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Hamidou Diallo

Hamidou Diallo

Director, Bureau of Studies on Extremism and Community Conflicts in Africa (BSECA)

Dr Edward Yogo

Dr Edward Yogo

Director, Bureau des Etudes Strategiques (BESTRAT)

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

The University of Alabama

Prof. Federico Varese

Prof. Federico Varese

University of Oxford

Laura Adal

Laura Adal

Director, Global Organized Crime Index, GI-TOC

Andrijana Pisarević

Andrijana Pisarević

Capital.ba

Fofana Moussa

Fofana Moussa

Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire)

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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

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