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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.

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

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Talks

Launch of the Global Assassination Monitor #AssassinationWitness

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

Criminal governance during the pandemic in Cape Town and Nairobi

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

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

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

End extortion now

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

Reporting and prosecuting extortion in Italy

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

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

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

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
Julia Yansura Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

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

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

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

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

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

Conflict economies and urban systems in the Lake Chad Region

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

Gobernanza punitiva vs. gobernanza criminal en Centroamérica

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

Gobernanza punitiva y derechos humanos en Centroamérica

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

The Silent Threat – Kidnappings in Burkina Faso

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

Narcotráfico y Violencia en Centroamérica

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

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

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

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

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

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

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

Haiti: Pairing sanctions and other international responses

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

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