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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.

Global Initiative

Global Initiative

GI-TOC

Shirleen Chin

Shirleen Chin

Managing Director, Green Transparency

Huib van Westen

Huib van Westen

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

Yeo Bee Yin

Yeo Bee Yin

Former Minister of Environment of Malaysia

Ioana Cotutiu

Ioana Cotutiu

Project Coordinator, UNODC Unwaste

Agata Sobiech

Agata Sobiech

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

Ramon Gonzáles Gallego

Ramon Gonzáles Gallego

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

Adrián Sanchez Moreno

Adrián Sanchez Moreno

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

Sharada Balasubramanian

Sharada Balasubramanian

Freelance environmental journalist

Graeme Macfadyen

Graeme Macfadyen

Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management

Gilles Hosch

Gilles Hosch

Managing Director, Diatom Consulting Ltd.

Diana Siller

Diana Siller

Environmental Justice and Human Rights organization (JADE A.C.)

Sen. Gwen Boniface

Sen. Gwen Boniface

Senator, Canadian Parliament, Resilience Fund Advisory Committee

Radha Barooha

Radha Barooha

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

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)

Cathy Dreyer

Cathy Dreyer

Chief Ranger, Kruger National Park

John Githongo

John Githongo

CEO, Inuka Kenya ni Sisi

Cecile Plunet

Cecile Plunet

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

Jorge Jesus

Jorge Jesus

Seconded National Expert on environmental crime, EUROPOL

Ilaria Di Silvestre

Ilaria Di Silvestre

Head of EU Policy & Campaigns, IFAW

Laura Avila Rivera

Laura Avila Rivera

Grants Liaison, GI-TOC

Jeremy Phan

Jeremy Phan

Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife

Sofía Espíndola Oviedo

Sofía Espíndola Oviedo

Environmental defender

Salvatore Amato

Salvatore Amato

GI-TOC, Law Enforcement and Organized Crime Consultant

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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 Rivera 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

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