Human Trafficking

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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.

Le Thi Hong Luong

Le Thi Hong Luong

Anti-trafficking Coordinator, Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Director of the South Eastern Europe Observatory, GI-TOC

Vanja Petrovic

Vanja Petrovic

GI - TOC

Alketa Lamani

Alketa Lamani

Director, Vlora Youth CEnter (VYC)

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Mouhamadou Kane

Mouhamadou Kane

Analyst, GI-TOC

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Nigeria Research Coordinator, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Lindsey Kennedy

Lindsey Kennedy

Investigative journalist and Director, TePonui

Nget Thy

Nget Thy

Executive Director, Cambodian Centre for Protection of Children's Rights (CCPCR)

Kaoru Yamagiwa

Kaoru Yamagiwa

Deputy Chief of Party, Laos Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Project, Winrock

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

Amanda Kadlec

Amanda Kadlec

Rumbi Matamba

Rumbi Matamba

Analyst, GI-TOC

Flore Berger

Flore Berger

Sahel Analyst, GI-TOC

Ioannis Vlassis

Ioannis Vlassis

Analyst, GI-TOC

Hamza Meddeb

Hamza Meddeb

Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Anna Knoll

Anna Knoll

Head of Migration and Mobility Team, European Centre for Development Policy Management

Global Initiative

Global Initiative

GI-TOC

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Founder and Executive Director, Institut de Stratégie et de Relations Internationales (ISRI)

Parfait N'Goran

Parfait N'Goran

Researcher and Lecturer, University of Bouaké

William Assanvo

William Assanvo

Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Laura Adal

Laura Adal

Director, Global Organized Crime Index, GI-TOC

Snezana Trajanovska

Snezana Trajanovska

Director, Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative (MARRI)

Rupert Horsley

Rupert Horsley

Senior analyst, The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

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Talks

Soldiers of Fortune: The future of Chadian fighters after the Libyan ceasefire

08 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Alexandre Bish Alice Fereday Jalel Harchaoui

Cambodia’s trafficked brides: The escalating phenomenon of forced marriage

11 May 2022, 10:00 AM
Lucia Bird Thi Hoang Vireak Chhun Sean Sok Phay Chan Saron Le Thi Hong Luong

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

Human Trafficking in the Mekong region

14 September 2022, 09:00 AM
Virginia Comolli Thi Hoang Lindsey Kennedy Nget Thy Kaoru Yamagiwa

Rebounding smuggling activity along the Central Mediterranean Route

25 October 2022, 02:00 PM
Mark Micallef Alice Fereday Amanda Kadlec

Leveraging flows: The surge in irregular migration from Tunisia to Europe

12 July 2023, 02:00 PM
Matt Herbert Hamza Meddeb Anna Knoll

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

North-Eastern Côte d’Ivoire: between illicit economies and violent extremism

04 October 2023, 02:00 PM
Mouhamadou Kane Flore Berger Oumarou Paul Koalaga Parfait N'Goran William Assanvo

Human Smuggling in the Western Mediterranean: Mali and Morocco

25 June 2024, 02:00 PM
Raouf Farrah Flore Berger

Forced to work: Labour exploitation in the Western Balkans

07 August 2024, 09:00 AM
Livia Wagner Fatjona Mejdini Vanja Petrovic Alketa Lamani Sasa Djordjevic Snezana Trajanovska

Human Smuggling in Libya and Niger: key trends amid political upheaval and instability

29 October 2024, 02:00 PM
Alice Fereday Rupert Horsley Tarek Megerisi

War, Refugees and Geopolitics - trends shaping human smuggling ecosystems in Chad and Sudan

20 November 2024, 02:00 PM
Alice Fereday Matt Herbert Rumbi Matamba

HLPF 2025 side event: Emerging challenges in human trafficking: risks to gender equality & decent work

21 July 2025, 02:00 PM
Merete Fjeld Brattested Leonor Zalabata Umetsu Shigeru Delphine Schantz Luciana Aguiar Representative Christine Kirabo Ian Tennant Livia Wagner Kristina Amerhauser

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