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Governance & Corruption

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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.

Oliver Gnad

Oliver Gnad

Co-founder and managing director, Bureau fuer Zeitgeschehen (Bureau of Current Affairs)

Svenja Ossmann

Svenja Ossmann

Cluster Coordinator for ECOWAS, GIZ

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

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

Deputy Director, GI-TOC

Walter Kemp

Walter Kemp

Director of Communications, GI-TOC

Dr Mark Shaw

Dr Mark Shaw

Executive Director, GI-TOC

Virginia Comolli

Virginia Comolli

Head of Pacific Programme, GI-TOC

Ana Paula Oliveira

Ana Paula Oliveira

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Louise Taylor

Louise Taylor

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

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Director of the West Africa Observatory, GI-TOC

Ambassador Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Ambassador Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Senior Advisor, GI-TOC

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Director of the South Eastern Europe Observatory, GI-TOC

Anesa Agovic

Anesa Agovic

Field Coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Senior Expert, GI-TOC

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

Mouhamadou Kane

Mouhamadou Kane

Analyst, GI-TOC

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Nigeria Research Coordinator, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Dr Matt Herbert

Dr Matt Herbert

Senior Expert at the North Africa and Sahel Observatory, GI-TOC

Sasa Djordjevic

Sasa Djordjevic

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Dardan Koçani

Dardan Koçani

Field Coordinator for Kosovo for the South Eastern Europe Observatory (SEE-Obs), GI-TOC

Celia Medrano

Celia Medrano

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Northern Nigeria Field Coordinator, GI-TOC

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Talks

Gobernanza punitiva vs. gobernanza criminal en Centroamérica

26 January 2023, 04:00 PM
Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Celia Medrano Luis Enrique Amaya Andreas Daugaard

Gobernanza punitiva y derechos humanos en Centroamérica

23 February 2023, 10:00 AM
Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Ana María Méndez Dardón Juan Pappier

Narcotráfico y Violencia en Centroamérica

30 March 2023, 04:00 PM
Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Carolina Duque Paul Chaves

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

27 June 2023, 01:30 PM
Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic Fatjona Mejdini Sunčana Roksandić Bojan Dobovšek Dimitris Ziouvas Ioannis Vlassis

Port in a storm: Organized crime in Odesa since the Russian invasion

05 September 2023, 07:00 PM
Tuesday Reitano Fedir Sydoruk Valerii Bolgan

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

Atlantic connections: The PCC and the Brazil-West Africa cocaine trade

05 October 2023, 02:00 PM
Lucia Bird Mouhamadou Kane Gabriel de Santis Feltran Isabela Vianna Pinho Daniel A. Amankwaah

‘Do not come out to vote’: Gangs, elections, political violence and criminality in Kano and Rivers, Nigeria

09 November 2023, 10:30 AM
Kingsley Madueke Lawan Danjuma Adamu Hisham Habib Chris Kwaja Katja Lindskov Jacobsen Miriam Uben Adah

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

18 December 2023, 03:00 PM
Tuesday Reitano Mark Galeotti Yuliya Zabyelina Federico Varese

Combating Illicit Financial Flows in the Western Balkans

12 February 2024, 09:00 AM
Fatjona Mejdini Anesa Agovic Dardan Koçani Minela Kalem

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

Haiti: Pairing sanctions and other international responses

06 June 2024, 02:00 PM
Ana Paula Oliveira Romain Le Cour Grandmaison Matt Herbert

Integrity and Independence of Criminal Justice Institutions in the Western Balkans: Police and Prosecution

23 October 2024, 02:00 PM
Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic Sasa Djordjevic Trpe Stojanowski Rajko Radevic Slagjana Taseva Ehat Miftaraj Eduardo Vetere Eldan Mujanovic

Gangsters at War: Russia's Use of Organized Crime as an Instrument of Statecraft

04 November 2024, 01:30 PM
Tuesday Reitano Mark Galeotti

‘On Target? Sanctions and Their Effectiveness in the Western Balkans: A Decade of Lessons Learned

16 December 2024, 09:00 AM
Ruggero Scaturro Fatjona Mejdini Matt Herbert Andrijana Pisarević

Mapping the World Order: An Exploration of Government Effectiveness, Rule of Law and Processes which Undermine the Capacity of States to Benefit Citizens

06 February 2025, 07:00 AM
Louise Taylor Tony Murney

Scenarios for the future of organized crime in the Western Balkans

21 August 2025, 10:30 AM
Oliver Gnad Walter Kemp Fatjona Mejdini Ioannis Vlassis

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

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