Global Initiative's Conference Room

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.

Peter M Wagner

European Commission

Amanda Whitfort

Professor, University of Hong Kong (Faculty of Law)

Prof Ray Jansen

Professor, Tshwane University of Technology

Edward Banda (ACAZ, LLB, Cert)

Legal Officer, Wildlife Crime Prevention (WCP) Zambia

Diana Chilambwe

Programme Manager, Wildlife Crime Prevention (WCP) Zambia

Laura Adal

Director, Global Organized Crime Index, GI-TOC

Dr Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni

Associate Professor, University of Auckland

Peter Aitsi MBE

Board Chair, Transparency International Papua New Guinea

Ashleigh Dore

Manager, Wildlife and Law Project, Endangered Wildlife Trust

Thin Lei Win

Thin Ink

Julian Rademeyer

Director - Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in East and Southern Africa, GI-TOC

Adams Cassinga

Founder/CEO, Conserv Congo

Yan Naung Oak

Founder, Thibi

Lionel Hachemin

Program Manager, Wildlife Crime, IFAW

Jose Louies

Chief Executive Officer, Chief of Enforcement and Chief of Communications, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)

Claudelice Dos Santos

Coordinator, Institute Ze Claudio and Maria

Bruno Morais

Executive Coordinator, Instituto Sucupira

Gabriel Funari

Head of the Observatory of Illicit Economies in the Amazon Basin, GI-TOC

Catalina Niño

Field Coordinator for Colombia and Regional Security Project for Latin America, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

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Talks

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

23 November 2021, 09:00 AM

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

02 March 2022, 02:00 PM

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

26 April 2022, 08:00 AM

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

19 May 2022, 12:10 PM

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

07 September 2022, 11:00 AM

Online Markets for Pangolin-Derived Products

21 September 2022, 10:00 AM

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

22 September 2022, 02:30 PM

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

25 October 2022, 03:00 PM

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

28 November 2022, 11:00 AM

How politics, economics and corruption fuel live great ape trafficking

18 May 2023, 04:00 PM

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

11 July 2023, 01:00 PM

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

26 September 2023, 02:00 PM

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

20 October 2023, 08:00 AM

Data & wildlife crime

09 November 2023, 11:15 AM

Launch of the IUU Fishing Risk Index 2023

06 December 2023, 02:00 PM

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

05 March 2024, 02:00 PM

Launch of the ECO-SOLVE Programme

24 April 2024, 02:00 PM

Giving a voice to the unheard victims of environmental crime

22 May 2024, 09:00 AM

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

05 June 2024, 07:30 AM

New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes

03 October 2024, 12:00 PM

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

04 December 2024, 02:00 PM

Environmental crime

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