Drug 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.

Celia Medrano

Celia Medrano

Laura Adal

Laura Adal

Director, Global Organized Crime Index, GI-TOC

Daniel A. Amankwaah

Daniel A. Amankwaah

Principal Programme Officer & Project Coordinator, Drug Prevention & Control, ECOWAS Commission

Umej Bhatia

Umej Bhatia

Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Director of the West Africa Observatory, GI-TOC

H.E. Luis Javier Campuzano Pina

H.E. Luis Javier Campuzano Pina

Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN in Vienna

Lucia Dammert

Lucia Dammert

Ganna Dovbakh

Ganna Dovbakh

Executive Director, Eurasian Harm Reduction Association

Ibrahim Kargbo

Ibrahim Kargbo

Deputy Executive Director, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Sierra Leone Government

Phoenix Mohawk Kellye

Phoenix Mohawk Kellye

Harm reduction educator & advocate for people who use drugs (PWUD)

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Director of the South Eastern Europe Observatory, GI-TOC

Robert Peacock

Robert Peacock

Vanja Petrovic

Vanja Petrovic

GI - TOC

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

Deputy Director, GI-TOC

Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw

Lindsay Skoll

Lindsay Skoll

Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN in Vienna

Xhela Sveçla

Xhela Sveçla

Minister of Internal Affairs, Republic of Kosovo

Heike Thiele

Heike Thiele

Griselda Triana

Griselda Triana

Prof. Federico Varese

Prof. Federico Varese

University of Oxford

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Northern Nigeria Field Coordinator, GI-TOC

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Nigeria Research Coordinator, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

The University of Alabama

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Director, Instituto de Criminología y Estudios sobre la Violencia

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Talks

Soldiers of Fortune: The future of Chadian fighters after the Libyan ceasefire

08 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Jalel Harchaoui Alice Fereday Alexandre Bish

Legalizing the Drug Wars: A Regulatory History of UN Drug Control

15 March 2022, 08:00 AM
Luis Javier Campuzano Pina Tuesday Reitano Umej Bhatia Robert Peacock John Collins Lindsay Skoll

Morocco’s regularization of cannabis production: Anticipated impacts on the illicit cannabis economy

19 May 2022, 02:00 PM
Jallal Toufiq Kenza Afsahi Khalid Tinasti

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

07 September 2022, 11:00 AM
Heike Thiele Lyes Tagziria Mouhamadou Kane Kingsley Madueke Lucia Bird

The drug situation in Kosovo and its repercussion on national security

18 October 2022, 08:30 AM
Antonello De Riu Fatjona Mejdini Xhela Sveçla Dardan Koçani Safet Blakaj Ruggero Scaturro

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

25 October 2022, 03:00 PM
Lucia Dammert Griselda Triana Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Livia Wagner Celia Medrano Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Exploring the maritime Balkan routes

13 December 2022, 02:00 PM
Sasa Djordjevic Vanja Petrovic Anna Sergi Ruggero Scaturro

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

07 February 2023, 09:00 AM
Nengak Daniel Gondyi Manji Mangrock Kingsley Madueke Lawan Danjuma Adamu Flore Berger

Narcotráfico y Violencia en Centroamérica

30 March 2023, 04:00 PM
Paul Chaves Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Carolina Duque

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

16 May 2023, 02:00 PM
Mouhamadou Kane Kalidou Sidibé Flore Berger Kingsley Madueke Modibo Galy Cissé

Port in a storm: Organized crime in Odesa since the Russian invasion

05 September 2023, 07:00 PM
Valerii Bolgan Tuesday Reitano Fedir Sydoruk

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

Atlantic connections: The PCC and the Brazil-West Africa cocaine trade

05 October 2023, 02:00 PM
Isabela Vianna Pinho Lucia Bird Gabriel de Santis Feltran Mouhamadou Kane Daniel A. Amankwaah

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

18 December 2023, 03:00 PM
Mark Galeotti Tuesday Reitano Yuliya Zabyelina Federico Varese

Evolving drug trends in wartime Ukraine

20 February 2024, 02:00 PM
Ganna Dovbakh Tuesday Reitano Fedir Sydoruk Ruggero Scaturro

The Global Synthetic Drug Situation: what we know, what we think we know, and what we don’t know

22 March 2024, 12:00 PM
Jason Eligh

Mapping synthetic drug markets in Africa: Enabling evidence-based responses

29 April 2024, 02:00 PM
Hanna Rozhkova Ibrahim Kargbo Lucia Bird Phoenix Mohawk Kellye Maria Khoruk Patricia Neves Rumbi Matamba Jason Eligh Mouhamadou Kane Gowmatee Madhubala Madhub-Dassyne

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

16 December 2024, 09:00 AM
Andrijana Pisarević Ruggero Scaturro Fatjona Mejdini Matt Herbert

Cocaine connections: Links between the Western Balkans and South America

01 April 2025, 01:00 PM
Fatjona Mejdini Sasa Djordjevic Renato Rivera Felipe Botero Escobar