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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.

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Nigeria Research Coordinator, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

The University of Alabama

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso

Director, Instituto de Criminología y Estudios sobre la Violencia

Anesa Agovic

Anesa Agovic

Field Coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Anna Alvazzi del Frate

Anna Alvazzi del Frate

Chair, The Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice

Luis Enrique Amaya

Luis Enrique Amaya

Abdoul Aziz Azeibou

Abdoul Aziz Azeibou

Regional Researcher, ACLED

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Flore Berger

Flore Berger

Sahel Analyst, GI-TOC

Valerii Bolgan

Valerii Bolgan

Intent Press

Salvatore Caradonna

Salvatore Caradonna

Paul Chaves

Paul Chaves

Amb. Alessandro Cortese

Amb. Alessandro Cortese

Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna

Andreas Daugaard

Andreas Daugaard

Maria Vittoria De Simone

Maria Vittoria De Simone

Deputy Prosecutor, Italian National Antimafia and Counterterrorism Directorate

Hamidou Diallo

Hamidou Diallo

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

Prof. Bojan Dobovšek

Prof. Bojan Dobovšek

Professor of Criminology, University of Maribor

Carolina Duque

Carolina Duque

Michelle Foley

Michelle Foley

Prof Mark Galeotti

Prof Mark Galeotti

Director, Mayak Intelligence

Modibo Galy Cissé

Modibo Galy Cissé

PhD Candidate, Leiden University

Hisham Habib

Hisham Habib

General Manager, Radio Kano

Dr Matt Herbert

Dr Matt Herbert

Senior Expert at the North Africa and Sahel Observatory, GI-TOC

Global Initiative

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Talks

Launch of the Global Assassination Monitor #AssassinationWitness

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

Criminal governance during the pandemic in Cape Town and Nairobi

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

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

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

End extortion now

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

Reporting and prosecuting extortion in Italy

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

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

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

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
Julia Yansura Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

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

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

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

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

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

Conflict economies and urban systems in the Lake Chad Region

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

Gobernanza punitiva vs. gobernanza criminal en Centroamérica

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

Gobernanza punitiva y derechos humanos en Centroamérica

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

The Silent Threat – Kidnappings in Burkina Faso

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

Narcotráfico y Violencia en Centroamérica

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

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

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

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
Mark Shaw Laura Adal Rumbi Matamba Global Initiative

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

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

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

10 October 2023, 02:00 PM
Eleanor Beevor Edward Yogo 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 Miriam Uben Adah Chris Kwaja Hisham Habib Kingsley Madueke

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

Haiti: Pairing sanctions and other international responses

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

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