Global Initiative's Conference Room

Mafia-Style Crime

If you're focusing on this Category and want to learn from the best, then check out the content we have for you.

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.

Celia Medrano

Celia Medrano

Laura Adal

Laura Adal

Director, Global Organized Crime Index, GI-TOC

Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele

Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele

Senior Nigeria Advisor, ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data)

Antonio Balsamo

Antonio Balsamo

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Director of the West Africa Observatory, GI-TOC

Andrew Caruana Galizia

Andrew Caruana Galizia

Lucia Dammert

Lucia Dammert

Siria Gastelum Felix

Siria Gastelum Felix

Resilience Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

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

Jean-Luc Lemahieu

Jean-Luc Lemahieu

Director, UNODC

Fiona Marshall

Fiona Marshall

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Director of the South Eastern Europe Observatory, GI-TOC

Lindy Mtongana

Lindy Mtongana

Roegchanda Pascoe

Roegchanda Pascoe

Chairperson, Manenberg Safety forum

Alessandra Perrone

Alessandra Perrone

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

Deputy Director, GI-TOC

Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw

Heike Thiele

Heike Thiele

Griselda Triana

Griselda Triana

Prof. Federico Varese

Prof. Federico Varese

University of Oxford

Professor Dimitris Ziouvas

Professor Dimitris Ziouvas

Director, Centre for Criminal Sciences, Panteion University of Athens

Ambassador Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Ambassador Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Senior Advisor, GI-TOC

Julia Yansura

Julia Yansura

William Assanvo

William Assanvo

Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Northern Nigeria Field Coordinator, GI-TOC

Page 1/4

Talks

Launch of the Global Assassination Monitor #AssassinationWitness

17 November 2021, 02:00 PM
Nina Kaysser Michelle Foley Mark Shaw Fiona Marshall Ana Paula Oliveira Andrew Caruana Galizia

Criminal governance during the pandemic in Cape Town and Nairobi

22 November 2021, 09:00 AM
Lindy Mtongana Roegchanda Pascoe Antônio Sampaio

From gang curfews to predation: Criminal governance during COVID in five cities

30 November 2021, 02:00 PM
Lindy Mtongana Babette Ullemeyer Antônio Sampaio Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson

End extortion now

19 January 2022, 02:00 PM
Ponelo Kalonga D K Siria Gastelum Felix Ian Tennant Edoardo Zaffuto Miloš Katić Vania Pigeonutt Tuesday Reitano Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa

Reporting and prosecuting extortion in Italy

23 March 2022, 05:00 PM
Giovanni Sala Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Salvatore Caradonna Antonio Balsamo Alessandra Perrone Edoardo Zaffuto

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

30 June 2022, 09:00 AM
Riikka Puttonen Maria Vittoria De Simone Anna Alvazzi del Frate Jean-Luc Lemahieu Alessandro Cortese Francesco Testa Ruggero Scaturro Mark Shaw

Métodos y herramientas para el análisis de extorsión: los casos de Ciudad Juárez y Tijuana, México

20 July 2022, 05:00 PM
Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Investigación de flujos financieros ligados a extorsión y crimen organizado

17 August 2022, 05:00 PM
Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Julia Yansura

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

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

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
Livia Wagner Lucia Dammert Griselda Triana Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Celia Medrano

Conflict economies and urban systems in the Lake Chad Region

15 November 2022, 10:00 AM
Eleanor Beevor Lawan Danjuma Adamu Antônio Sampaio Bobbo Moussa

Gobernanza punitiva vs. gobernanza criminal en Centroamérica

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

Gobernanza punitiva y derechos humanos en Centroamérica

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

The Silent Threat – Kidnappings in Burkina Faso

22 March 2023, 02:00 PM
Mouhamadou Kane Abdel Aziz Mossi Flore Berger Abdoul Aziz Azeibou Eleanor Beevor

Narcotráfico y Violencia en Centroamérica

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

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

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

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

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
Mark Shaw Global Initiative Rumbi Matamba Laura Adal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

Haiti: Pairing sanctions and other international responses

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

Ready to join our talks?

Book your place now

Book my place