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Illicit trade & Counterfeits

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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.

Modibo Galy Cissé

Modibo Galy Cissé

PhD Candidate, Leiden University

Prof Mark Galeotti

Prof Mark Galeotti

Director, Mayak Intelligence

Fedir Sydoruk

Fedir Sydoruk

Field Coordinator UKR-Obs, GI-TOC

Ioannis Vlassis

Ioannis Vlassis

Analyst, GI-TOC

Valerii Bolgan

Valerii Bolgan

Intent Press

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)

Gabriel de Santis Feltran

Gabriel de Santis Feltran

Research Professor, CNRS, Sciences Po

Isabela Vianna Pinho

Isabela Vianna Pinho

PhD candidate, University of São Carlos (Brazil)

Daniel A. Amankwaah

Daniel A. Amankwaah

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

Hamidou Diallo

Hamidou Diallo

Director, Bureau of Studies on Extremism and Community Conflicts in Africa (BSECA)

Dr Edward Yogo

Dr Edward Yogo

Director, Bureau des Etudes Strategiques (BESTRAT)

Shirleen Chin

Shirleen Chin

Managing Director, Green Transparency

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

Ioana Cotutiu

Ioana Cotutiu

Project Coordinator, UNODC Unwaste

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

The University of Alabama

Prof. Federico Varese

Prof. Federico Varese

University of Oxford

Laura Adal

Laura Adal

Director, Global Organized Crime Index, GI-TOC

Dr Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni

Dr Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni

Associate Professor, University of Auckland

Peter Aitsi MBE

Peter Aitsi MBE

Board Chair, Transparency International Papua New Guinea

Fofana Moussa

Fofana Moussa

Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire)

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Talks

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

23 November 2021, 09:00 AM
Virginia Comolli Willie Wilson Yuyun Ismawati Louise Taylor

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

08 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Alexandre Bish Alice Fereday 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
Lindy Mtongana Jay Bahadur Wolf-Christian Paes Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen

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

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
Lucia Bird Eleanor Beevor Désiré NIKIEMA Zakaria Soré

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

Exploring the maritime Balkan routes

13 December 2022, 02:00 PM
Ruggero Scaturro Vanja Petrovic Sasa Djordjevic Anna Sergi

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

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

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

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

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

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

Cattle rustling and insecurity: in the tri-border area between Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

29 July 2025, 02:00 PM
Abiba Diarrassouba Flore Berger Fofana Moussa

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

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