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.

Lauren Young

Lauren Young

Analyst, GI-TOC

Christopher Hudak

Christopher Hudak

Basel Action Network, Senior Policy Advisor

Sedat Gündoğdu

Sedat Gündoğdu

Sabancı University/Mercator-IPC, Fellow

John Scanlon

John Scanlon

Chair, Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime

Dyhia Belhabib

Dyhia Belhabib

Programme Manager, Fisheries and Principal Investigator of I-Sea Fisheries

Carlos Alberto Sanchez del Aguila

Carlos Alberto Sanchez del Aguila

Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Peru to the UN in Vienna

Jamilly Brito Guimarães

Jamilly Brito Guimarães

Fundraiser and Project Officer, Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB)

Ana Celina Bendet

Ana Celina Bendet

Lawyer and project coordinator, CEDECA

Juliana Machado Ferreira

Juliana Machado Ferreira

Executive Director, Freeland Brasil

Svenja Ossmann

Svenja Ossmann

Cluster Coordinator for ECOWAS, GIZ

Sophia Pickles

Sophia Pickles

Senior Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

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

Patricia Tricorache

Patricia Tricorache

Illegal Wildlife Trade Expert

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

Deputy Director, GI-TOC

Siria Gastelum Felix

Siria Gastelum Felix

Resilience Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Ian Tennant

Ian Tennant

Director of Multilateral Engagement, GI-TOC

Dr Mark Shaw

Dr Mark Shaw

Executive Director, GI-TOC

Livia Wagner

Livia Wagner

Virginia Comolli

Virginia Comolli

Head of Pacific Programme, GI-TOC

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Nina Kaysser

Nina Kaysser

Head of Data, GI-TOC

Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson

Yuyun Ismawati

Yuyun Ismawati

Antônio Sampaio

Antônio Sampaio

GITOC, Senior Analyst

Talks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Online Markets for Pangolin-Derived Products

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

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

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

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

How politics, economics and corruption fuel live great ape trafficking

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

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

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

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

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

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

Data & wildlife crime

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

Launch of the IUU Fishing Risk Index 2023

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

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

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

Launch of the ECO-SOLVE Programme

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

Giving a voice to the unheard victims of environmental crime

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

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

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

New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes

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

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

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

New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes 2025

15 October 2025, 12:00 PM
Lauren Young Christopher Hudak Sedat Gündoğdu John Scanlon Dyhia Belhabib Carlos Alberto Sanchez del Aguila Jamilly Brito Guimarães Ana Celina Bendet Juliana Machado Ferreira Siria Gastelum Felix Ian Tennant Mark Shaw Simone Haysom Laura Avila Claudelice Dos Santos

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

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