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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.

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Louise Taylor

Louise Taylor

Director - Observatory of Illicit Economies in Asia-Pacific, GI-TOC

Sandra Teran

Sandra Teran

Dr Nicholas Thomson

Dr Nicholas Thomson

Patricia Tricorache

Patricia Tricorache

Illegal Wildlife Trade Expert

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Livia Wagner

Livia Wagner

Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson

Dr Michel Yoboue

Dr Michel Yoboue

Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition

Thin Lei Win

Thin Lei Win

Thin Ink

Julian Rademeyer

Julian Rademeyer

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

Adams Cassinga

Adams Cassinga

Founder/CEO, Conserv Congo

Yan Naung Oak

Yan Naung Oak

Founder, Thibi

Lionel Hachemin

Lionel Hachemin

Program Manager, Wildlife Crime, IFAW

Jose Louies

Jose Louies

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

Claudelice Dos Santos

Claudelice Dos Santos

Coordinator, Institute Ze Claudio and Maria

Bruno Morais

Bruno Morais

Executive Coordinator, Instituto Sucupira

Gabriel Funari

Gabriel Funari

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

Catalina Niño

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
Louise Taylor Yuyun Ismawati Virginia Comolli 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
Simone Haysom Hai Thanh Luong Giovanni Broussard Nicholas Thomson Valentina Pancieri

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

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

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

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

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
Eleanor Beevor Désiré NIKIEMA Lucia Bird Zakaria Soré

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

How politics, economics and corruption fuel live great ape trafficking

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

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
Rumbi Matamba Global Initiative Laura Adal Mark Shaw

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

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

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
Graeme Macfadyen Tuesday Reitano Gilles Hosch

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

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

Launch of the ECO-SOLVE Programme

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

Giving a voice to the unheard victims of environmental crime

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

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

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

New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes

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

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

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

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