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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.

Salvatore Caradonna

Salvatore Caradonna

Giovanni Sala

Giovanni Sala

Alessandra Perrone

Alessandra Perrone

Jean-Luc Lemahieu

Jean-Luc Lemahieu

Director, UNODC

Heike Thiele

Heike Thiele

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Director of the West Africa Observatory, GI-TOC

Ambassador Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Ambassador Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Senior Advisor, GI-TOC

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Amb. Alessandro Cortese

Amb. Alessandro Cortese

Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna

Maria Vittoria De Simone

Maria Vittoria De Simone

Deputy Prosecutor, Italian National Antimafia and Counterterrorism Directorate

Riikka Puttonen

Riikka Puttonen

Programme manager of the global programme on implementation of the UNTOC, UNODC

Anna Alvazzi del Frate

Anna Alvazzi del Frate

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

Francesco Testa

Francesco Testa

Italian Public Prosecutor and European Delegated Prosecutor

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Director of the South Eastern Europe Observatory, GI-TOC

Anesa Agovic

Anesa Agovic

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

Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Senior Expert, GI-TOC

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Mouhamadou Kane

Mouhamadou Kane

Analyst, GI-TOC

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Dr Kingsley Madueke

Nigeria Research Coordinator, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Julia Yansura

Julia Yansura

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Désiré NIKIEMA

Désiré NIKIEMA

Alliance pour une Mine Responsable (ARM), Alliance pour une Mine Responsable (ARM)

Dr Zakaria Soré

Dr Zakaria Soré

Dr Matt Herbert

Dr Matt Herbert

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

Dardan Koçani

Dardan Koçani

Field Coordinator for Kosovo for the South Eastern Europe Observatory (SEE-Obs), GI-TOC

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Talks

Launch of the Global Assassination Monitor #AssassinationWitness

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

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
Antônio Sampaio Lindy Mtongana Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson Babette Ullemeyer

End extortion now

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

Reporting and prosecuting extortion in Italy

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

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

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

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
Heike Thiele Lucia Bird Lyes Tagziria Mouhamadou Kane Kingsley Madueke

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

Conflict economies and urban systems in the Lake Chad Region

15 November 2022, 10:00 AM
Antônio Sampaio Eleanor Beevor 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
Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Ana María Méndez Dardón Juan Pappier

The Silent Threat – Kidnappings in Burkina Faso

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

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
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
Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic Fatjona Mejdini Sunčana Roksandić Bojan Dobovšek Dimitris Ziouvas Ioannis Vlassis

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

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

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

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

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

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

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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