Environmental crime

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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

Peter Aitsi MBE

Peter Aitsi MBE

Board Chair, Transparency International Papua New Guinea

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Director of the West Africa Observatory, GI-TOC

Shirleen Chin

Shirleen Chin

Managing Director, Green Transparency

Lucia Dammert

Lucia Dammert

Adam Day

Adam Day

Ilaria Di Silvestre

Ilaria Di Silvestre

Head of EU Policy & Campaigns, IFAW

Siria Gastelum Felix

Siria Gastelum Felix

Resilience Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

John Githongo

John Githongo

CEO, Inuka Kenya ni Sisi

Ramon Gonzáles Gallego

Ramon Gonzáles Gallego

Officer of the Spanish Guardia Civil and leader of the Cybercrime stream of EMPACT, Guardia Civil

Ian Redmond OBE

Ian Redmond OBE

Chairman, Ape Alliance

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

Deputy Director, GI-TOC

Maria Rosa Sabbatelli

Maria Rosa Sabbatelli

Head of Unit for Global and Transregional Threats and Challenges, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) of the European Commission

Astrid Schomaker

Astrid Schomaker

Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw

Agata Sobiech

Agata Sobiech

Team Leader at the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) of the European Union., CITES

Heike Thiele

Heike Thiele

Griselda Triana

Griselda Triana

Huib van Westen

Huib van Westen

Senior Inspector, Human Environment and Transport, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands

Peter M Wagner

Peter M Wagner

European Commission

Yeo Bee Yin

Yeo Bee Yin

Former Minister of Environment of Malaysia

Sharada Balasubramanian

Sharada Balasubramanian

Freelance environmental journalist

Edward Banda (ACAZ, LLB, Cert)

Edward Banda (ACAZ, LLB, Cert)

Legal Officer, Wildlife Crime Prevention (WCP) Zambia

Diana Chilambwe

Diana Chilambwe

Programme Manager, Wildlife Crime Prevention (WCP) Zambia

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Talks

Plastic for profit: Tracing illicit plastic waste flows, supply chains and actors

23 November 2021, 09:00 AM
Louise Taylor Virginia Comolli Yuyun Ismawati Willie Wilson

Disruptive Endeavours: The Ethics of Monitoring and Disrupting the Online Illegal Wildlife Trade

02 March 2022, 02:00 PM
Alisa Davies Louise Taylor Alastair MacBeath Gretchen Peters

Trafficking of contagion: Environmental crime and biological threats in the Greater Mekong

26 April 2022, 08:00 AM
Nicholas Thomson Simone Haysom Hai Thanh Luong Valentina Pancieri Giovanni Broussard

31st CCPCJ Side Event: Environmental crime as organized crime in the Amazon basin

19 May 2022, 12:10 PM
Livia Wagner Alberto Campana Boluarte Maiara Folly Adam Day Sandra Teran César Augusto Ipenza

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

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

Online Markets for Pangolin-Derived Products

21 September 2022, 10:00 AM
Théo Clément Ceres Kam Dan Challender Kristina Amerhauser

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

22 September 2022, 02:30 PM
Désiré NIKIEMA Eleanor Beevor Zakaria Soré Lucia Bird

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

28 November 2022, 11:00 AM
Marcena Hunter Michel Yoboue Mouhamadou Kane Kady Seguin Désiré NIKIEMA

How politics, economics and corruption fuel live great ape trafficking

18 May 2023, 04:00 PM
Ofir Drori Ian Redmond Jenny Desmond Patricia Tricorache Daniel Stiles

Armed groups and conflict economies in the national parks in West Africa

11 July 2023, 01:00 PM
Eleanor Beevor Antônio Sampaio Abdel Aziz Mossi

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

Illegal Waste Trade: What are we wasting our time on?

20 October 2023, 08:00 AM
Ioana Cotutiu Virginia Comolli Shirleen Chin Huib van Westen Yeo Bee Yin

Data & wildlife crime

09 November 2023, 11:15 AM
Ramon Gonzáles Gallego Simone Haysom Adrián Sanchez Moreno Sharada Balasubramanian Agata Sobiech

Launch of the IUU Fishing Risk Index 2023

06 December 2023, 02:00 PM
Tuesday Reitano Gilles Hosch Graeme Macfadyen

High-level Resilience Dialogue on empowering local and indigenous women against environmental crimes and biodiversity loss

05 March 2024, 02:00 PM
Tuesday Reitano Radha Barooha Diana Siller Siria Gastelum Felix Gwen Boniface

Launch of the ECO-SOLVE Programme

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

Giving a voice to the unheard victims of environmental crime

22 May 2024, 09:00 AM
Ashleigh Dore Ray Jansen Alastair MacBeath Amanda Whitfort Diana Chilambwe Edward Banda

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

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

New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes

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

Illicit Frontiers: The Rise of Transnational Organized Crime in the Amazonian Borderlands of Brazil, Colombia and Peru

04 December 2024, 02:00 PM
Gabriel Funari Antônio Sampaio Catalina Niño