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Mafia-Style Crime

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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
Fiona Marshall Nina Kaysser Mark Shaw Michelle Foley 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
Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson Antônio Sampaio Lindy Mtongana Babette Ullemeyer

End extortion now

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

Reporting and prosecuting extortion in Italy

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

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

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

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

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

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
Heike Thiele Lyes Tagziria Mouhamadou Kane Lucia Bird Kingsley Madueke

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

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

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

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

Conflict economies and urban systems in the Lake Chad Region

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

Gobernanza punitiva vs. gobernanza criminal en Centroamérica

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

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
Eleanor Beevor Abdel Aziz Mossi Flore Berger Abdoul Aziz Azeibou Mouhamadou Kane

Narcotráfico y Violencia en Centroamérica

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

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

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

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

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
Laura Adal Global Initiative Mark Shaw Rumbi Matamba

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

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

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

10 October 2023, 02:00 PM
Edward Yogo Mouhamadou Kane Eleanor Beevor 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
Chris Kwaja Katja Lindskov Jacobsen Hisham Habib Miriam Uben Adah Kingsley Madueke Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

Haiti: Pairing sanctions and other international responses

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

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