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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
Mark Shaw Ana Paula Oliveira Fiona Marshall Michelle Foley Nina Kaysser Andrew Caruana Galizia

Criminal governance during the pandemic in Cape Town and Nairobi

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

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
Ponelo Kalonga Tuesday Reitano Vania Pigeonutt Miloš Katić Siria Gastelum Felix D K Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa Ian Tennant Edoardo Zaffuto

Reporting and prosecuting extortion in Italy

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

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

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

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
Kingsley Madueke Lucia Bird Lyes Tagziria Heike Thiele Mouhamadou Kane

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

Conflict economies and urban systems in the Lake Chad Region

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

Gobernanza punitiva vs. gobernanza criminal en Centroamérica

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

Gobernanza punitiva y derechos humanos en Centroamérica

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

The Silent Threat – Kidnappings in Burkina Faso

22 March 2023, 02:00 PM
Mouhamadou Kane Flore Berger Abdel Aziz Mossi 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
Mouhamadou Kane Kalidou Sidibé Modibo Galy Cissé Flore Berger Kingsley Madueke

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

27 June 2023, 01:30 PM
Dimitris Ziouvas Sunčana Roksandić Ioannis Vlassis Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic Fatjona Mejdini 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
Rumbi Matamba Laura Adal Mark Shaw Global Initiative

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
Hamidou Diallo Edward Yogo Eleanor Beevor Mouhamadou Kane

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

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

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

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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