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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.

Désiré NIKIEMA

Désiré NIKIEMA

Alliance pour une Mine Responsable (ARM), Alliance pour une Mine Responsable (ARM)

Wolf-Christian Paes

Wolf-Christian Paes

Antônio Sampaio

Antônio Sampaio

GITOC, Senior Analyst

Kady Seguin

Kady Seguin

Impact

Dr Anna Sergi

Dr Anna Sergi

Professor of Criminology, University of Essex

Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen

Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen

Dr Kalidou Sidibé

Dr Kalidou Sidibé

Professor, University of Law and Political Science of Bamako

Dr Zakaria Soré

Dr Zakaria Soré

Dr Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni

Dr Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni

Associate Professor, University of Auckland

Fedir Sydoruk

Fedir Sydoruk

Field Coordinator UKR-Obs, GI-TOC

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Louise Taylor

Louise Taylor

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

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Isabela Vianna Pinho

Isabela Vianna Pinho

PhD candidate, University of São Carlos (Brazil)

Livia Wagner

Livia Wagner

Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson

Dr Michel Yoboue

Dr Michel Yoboue

Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition

Dr Edward Yogo

Dr Edward Yogo

Director, Bureau des Etudes Strategiques (BESTRAT)

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Talks

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

23 November 2021, 9:00 AM GMT
Yuyun Ismawati Virginia Comolli Willie Wilson Louise Taylor

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

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

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

9 December 2021, 1:00 PM GMT
Lindy Mtongana Jay Bahadur Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen Wolf-Christian Paes

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

7 September 2022, 10:00 AM GMT
Lyes Tagziria Lucia Bird Heike Thiele Kingsley Madueke Mouhamadou Kane

Online Markets for Pangolin-Derived Products

21 September 2022, 9:00 AM GMT
Dan Challender Ceres Kam Kristina Amerhauser Théo Clément

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

22 September 2022, 1:30 PM GMT
Eleanor Beevor Désiré NIKIEMA Zakaria Soré Lucia Bird

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

25 October 2022, 2:00 PM GMT
Lucia Dammert Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Celia Medrano Griselda Triana Livia Wagner

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

Exploring the maritime Balkan routes

13 December 2022, 2:00 PM GMT
Ruggero Scaturro Anna Sergi Sasa Djordjevic Vanja Petrovic

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

7 February 2023, 9:00 AM GMT
Kingsley Madueke Flore Berger Manji Mangrock Lawan Danjuma Adamu Nengak Daniel Gondyi

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

16 May 2023, 1:00 PM GMT
Kingsley Madueke Mouhamadou Kane Kalidou Sidibé Flore Berger Modibo Galy Cissé

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

11 July 2023, 12:00 PM GMT
Abdel Aziz Mossi Antônio Sampaio Eleanor Beevor

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

5 September 2023, 6:00 PM GMT
Valerii Bolgan Tuesday Reitano Fedir Sydoruk

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

26 September 2023, 1:00 PM GMT
Mark Shaw Global Initiative Rumbi Matamba Laura Adal

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

4 October 2023, 1:00 PM GMT
Oumarou Paul Koalaga Flore Berger Mouhamadou Kane Parfait N'Goran William Assanvo

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

5 October 2023, 1:00 PM GMT
Mouhamadou Kane Gabriel de Santis Feltran Lucia Bird Daniel A. Amankwaah Isabela Vianna Pinho

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

10 October 2023, 1:00 PM GMT
Mouhamadou Kane Edward Yogo Eleanor Beevor Hamidou Diallo

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

20 October 2023, 7:00 AM GMT
Shirleen Chin Yeo Bee Yin Virginia Comolli Ioana Cotutiu Huib van Westen

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

18 December 2023, 3:00 PM GMT
Mark Galeotti Tuesday Reitano Federico Varese Yuliya Zabyelina

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

5 June 2024, 6:30 AM GMT
Peter Aitsi Mark Shaw Virginia Comolli Laura Adal Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni

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

4 November 2024, 1:30 PM GMT
Tuesday Reitano Mark Galeotti

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