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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.

Celia Medrano

Celia Medrano

Daniel A. Amankwaah

Daniel A. Amankwaah

Principal Programme Officer & Project Coordinator, Drug Prevention & Control, ECOWAS Commission

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Director of the West Africa Observatory, GI-TOC

Shirleen Chin

Shirleen Chin

Managing Director, Green Transparency

Lucia Dammert

Lucia Dammert

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

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

Lindy Mtongana

Lindy Mtongana

Vanja Petrovic

Vanja Petrovic

GI - TOC

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

Deputy Director, GI-TOC

Heike Thiele

Heike Thiele

Griselda Triana

Griselda Triana

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

William Assanvo

William Assanvo

Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Virginia Comolli

Virginia Comolli

Head of Pacific Programme, GI-TOC

Ioana Cotutiu

Ioana Cotutiu

Project Coordinator, UNODC Unwaste

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Director, Instituto de Criminología y Estudios sobre la Violencia

Kristina Amerhauser

Kristina Amerhauser

Jay Bahadur

Jay Bahadur

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Flore Berger

Flore Berger

Sahel Analyst, GI-TOC

Alexandre Bish

Alexandre Bish

Valerii Bolgan

Valerii Bolgan

Intent Press

Dan Challender

Dan Challender

Researcher, Oxford University

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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 Virginia Comolli Yuyun Ismawati Willie Wilson

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

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

An Iranian Fingerprint?: The illicit arms trade and spillover of the Yemen conflict into the Horn of Africa

09 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Wolf-Christian Paes Lindy Mtongana Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen Jay Bahadur

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

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

Online Markets for Pangolin-Derived Products

21 September 2022, 10:00 AM
Théo Clément Kristina Amerhauser Ceres Kam Dan Challender

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

22 September 2022, 02:30 PM
Lucia Bird Désiré NIKIEMA Zakaria Soré Eleanor Beevor

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

Exploring the maritime Balkan routes

13 December 2022, 02:00 PM
Anna Sergi Vanja Petrovic Ruggero Scaturro Saša Đorđević

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

07 February 2023, 09:00 AM
Manji Mangrock Lawan Danjuma Adamu Kingsley Madueke Nengak Daniel Gondyi Flore Berger

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

16 May 2023, 02:00 PM
Modibo Galy Cissé Mouhamadou Kane Kingsley Madueke Kalidou Sidibé Flore Berger

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

11 July 2023, 01:00 PM
Eleanor Beevor Abdel Aziz Mossi Antônio Sampaio

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

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

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

26 September 2023, 02:00 PM
Global Initiative

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

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

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

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

Armed groups, vehicle trafficking, and (de)stabilizing local economies

10 October 2023, 02:00 PM
Hamidou Diallo Edward Yogo Eleanor Beevor Mouhamadou Kane

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

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