Organized Crime & Development

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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

Peter Aitsi MBE

Peter Aitsi MBE

Board Chair, Transparency International Papua New Guinea

Etannibi Alemika

Etannibi Alemika

Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele

Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele

Senior Nigeria Advisor, ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data)

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Director of the West Africa Observatory, GI-TOC

H.E. Luis Javier Campuzano Pina

H.E. Luis Javier Campuzano Pina

Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN in Vienna

Lucia Dammert

Lucia Dammert

Adam Day

Adam Day

Siria Gastelum Felix

Siria Gastelum Felix

Resilience Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Walter Kemp

Walter Kemp

Director: Global Strategy against TOC, GI-TOC

Jean-Luc Lemahieu

Jean-Luc Lemahieu

Director, UNODC

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Director of the South Eastern Europe Observatory, GI-TOC

Gifty Mensah

Gifty Mensah

Head of Programmes, Angie Brooks International Centre (ABIC)

Lindy Mtongana

Lindy Mtongana

Roegchanda Pascoe

Roegchanda Pascoe

Chairperson, Manenberg Safety forum

Vanja Petrovic

Vanja Petrovic

GI - TOC

Amado Philip de Andres

Amado Philip de Andres

Renata Segura

Renata Segura

Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw

Ebi Spahiu

Ebi Spahiu

Security & Stability Officer, Dutch Embassy in Tirana

Heike Thiele

Heike Thiele

Griselda Triana

Griselda Triana

Judith Vorrath

Judith Vorrath

Professor Dimitris Ziouvas

Professor Dimitris Ziouvas

Director, Centre for Criminal Sciences, Panteion University of Athens

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Talks

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 Babette Ullemeyer Lindy Mtongana

Soldiers of Fortune: The future of Chadian fighters after the Libyan ceasefire

08 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Alexandre Bish Jalel Harchaoui Alice Fereday

The future of international cooperation against transnational organized crime

13 January 2022, 02:00 PM
Garba Baba Umar Jessica Jahn Matti Joutsen Yvon Dandurand Ian Tennant Tariq Khosa Denise Mazzolani Walter Kemp

Illicit economies, armed conflict and instability

22 March 2022, 02:00 PM
Heike Thiele Lucia Bird Gifty Mensah Borges Nhamirre Amado Philip de Andres Adam Day Mark Shaw Tjark Egenhoff Renata Segura Judith Vorrath Mathias Steinebach Etannibi Alemika Jean-Luc Lemahieu Alastair Nelson Summer Walker

31st CCPCJ Side Event: Integrated strategy for effective governance of global crime: UNTOC, UNCAC, Rule of Law and Sustainable Development Goals

18 May 2022, 11:15 AM
Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic Jessica Jahn Ian Tennant Yvon Dandurand Megan Capp Slawomir Redo Gillian Dell

31st CCPCJ Side Event: Communities on the frontline against organized crime

18 May 2022, 12:10 PM
Mark Shaw Robert Riziki Luis Javier Campuzano Pina Siria Gastelum Felix Hermanto Hasan Maria Isabel Cruz Bernal Bubacar Ture Ian Tennant Kjersti E. Andersen

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

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

Youth activism: Challenges and opportunities

12 July 2022, 09:00 AM
Mićan Andrijašević Fatjona Mejdini Ebi Spahiu Alketa Lamani Vanja Petrovic Elton Laska Anesa Agovic Ella Ljubić Bardha Nergjoni Elion Puka Xhodi Hysa Darjan (Vuk) Vulević Dajana Berisha Nevila Jahaj

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

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

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

28 November 2022, 11:00 AM
Kady Seguin Mouhamadou Kane Désiré NIKIEMA Marcena Hunter Michel Yoboue

Exploring the maritime Balkan routes

13 December 2022, 02:00 PM
Ruggero Scaturro Anna Sergi Vanja Petrovic Sasa Djordjevic

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

07 February 2023, 09:00 AM
Manji Mangrock Lawan Danjuma Adamu Flore Berger Nengak Daniel Gondyi Kingsley Madueke

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

Combating Illicit Financial Flows in the Western Balkans

12 February 2024, 09:00 AM
Anesa Agovic Dardan Koçani Minela Kalem Fatjona Mejdini

La résilience communautaire face à l’extrémisme violent et les économies illicites

23 April 2024, 02:00 PM
Abdel Aziz Mossi Aboubakar Kouadio Coulibaly Mouhamadou Kane Flore Berger

Rising organized criminality in the Pacific islands – What drives it?

05 June 2024, 07:30 AM
Virginia Comolli Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni Peter Aitsi Mark Shaw Laura Adal

Non-state armed groups and illicit economies in West Africa: Armed bandits in Nigeria

10 July 2024, 02:00 PM
Eleanor Beevor Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele Lawan Danjuma Adamu Kingsley Madueke

Mapping the World Order: An Exploration of Government Effectiveness, Rule of Law and Processes which Undermine the Capacity of States to Benefit Citizens

06 February 2025, 07:00 AM
Louise Taylor Tony Murney