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.

Virginia Comolli

Virginia Comolli

Head of Pacific Programme, GI-TOC

Ioana Cotutiu

Ioana Cotutiu

Project Coordinator, UNODC Unwaste

Ashleigh Dore

Ashleigh Dore

Manager, Wildlife and Law Project, Endangered Wildlife Trust

Sofía Espíndola Oviedo

Sofía Espíndola Oviedo

Environmental defender

Prof Ray Jansen

Prof Ray Jansen

Professor, Tshwane University of Technology

Jorge Jesus

Jorge Jesus

Seconded National Expert on environmental crime, EUROPOL

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Nigeria Research Coordinator, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Cecile Plunet

Cecile Plunet

Programme Officer, European Commission - Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, Global Threats

Adrián Sanchez Moreno

Adrián Sanchez Moreno

Officer of the Spanish Guardia Civil and responsible for wildlife investigations., Guardia Civil

Amanda Whitfort

Amanda Whitfort

Professor, University of Hong Kong (Faculty of Law)

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Director, Instituto de Criminología y Estudios sobre la Violencia

Salvatore Amato

Salvatore Amato

GI-TOC, Law Enforcement and Organized Crime Consultant

Kristina Amerhauser

Kristina Amerhauser

Laura Avila Rivera

Laura Avila Rivera

Grants Liaison, GI-TOC

Radha Barooha

Radha Barooha

Field Coordinator – Resilience Fund, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Sen. Gwen Boniface

Sen. Gwen Boniface

Senator, Canadian Parliament, Resilience Fund Advisory Committee

Giovanni Broussard

Giovanni Broussard

Ambassador Alberto Campana Boluarte

Ambassador Alberto Campana Boluarte

Dan Challender

Dan Challender

Researcher, Oxford University

Théo Clément

Théo Clément

Senior Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Alisa Davies

Alisa Davies

Jenny Desmond

Jenny Desmond

Founder, Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue and Protection, Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation

Cathy Dreyer

Cathy Dreyer

Chief Ranger, Kruger National Park

Ofir Drori

Ofir Drori

Founding Director, Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement (EAGLE)

Talks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

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

Online Markets for Pangolin-Derived Products

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

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

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

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

How politics, economics and corruption fuel live great ape trafficking

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

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

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

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

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

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

Data & wildlife crime

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

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
Radha Barooha Diana Siller Gwen Boniface Siria Gastelum Felix Tuesday Reitano

Launch of the ECO-SOLVE Programme

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

Giving a voice to the unheard victims of environmental crime

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

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

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

New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes

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

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