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.

Daniel A. Amankwaah

Daniel A. Amankwaah

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

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

The University of Alabama

Prof. Federico Varese

Prof. Federico Varese

University of Oxford

Ganna Dovbakh

Ganna Dovbakh

Executive Director, Eurasian Harm Reduction Association

Phoenix Mohawk Kellye

Phoenix Mohawk Kellye

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

Ibrahim Kargbo

Ibrahim Kargbo

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

Gowmatee Madhubala Madhub-Dassyne

Gowmatee Madhubala Madhub-Dassyne

Director of Forensic Science Laboratory, Mauritius Government

Patricia Neves

Patricia Neves

Associate, GI-TOC

Hanna Rozhkova

Hanna Rozhkova

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Advisor

Maria Khoruk

Maria Khoruk

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, Analyst and JIED Managing Editor

Laura Adal

Laura Adal

Director, Global Organized Crime Index, GI-TOC

Andrijana Pisarević

Andrijana Pisarević

Capital.ba

Felipe Botero Escobar

Felipe Botero Escobar

Head of Andean Regional Office, GI-TOC

Renato Rivera

Renato Rivera

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Talks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The drug situation in Kosovo and its repercussion on national security

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

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

Exploring the maritime Balkan routes

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

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

Narcotráfico y Violencia en Centroamérica

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

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

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

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

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

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

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

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

Evolving drug trends in wartime Ukraine

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

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
Jason Eligh Lucia Bird Mouhamadou Kane Rumbi Matamba Phoenix Mohawk Kellye Ibrahim Kargbo Gowmatee Madhubala Madhub-Dassyne Patricia Neves Hanna Rozhkova Maria Khoruk

‘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

Cocaine connections: Links between the Western Balkans and South America

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