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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.

Désiré NIKIEMA

Désiré NIKIEMA

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

Elion Puka

Elion Puka

Riikka Puttonen

Riikka Puttonen

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

Slawomir Redo

Slawomir Redo

Visiting Professor of United Nations Law

Robert Riziki

Robert Riziki

Vice-Chair, Arts for Rights

Prof. Sunčana Roksandić

Prof. Sunčana Roksandić

Associate Professor, University of Zagreb

Antônio Sampaio

Antônio Sampaio

GITOC, Senior Analyst

Kady Seguin

Kady Seguin

Impact

Dr Anna Sergi

Dr Anna Sergi

Professor of Criminology, University of Essex

Dr Zakaria Soré

Dr Zakaria Soré

Mathias Steinebach

Mathias Steinebach

Head of Project - Organised Crime: West African Response to Trafficking (OCWAR-T), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Dr Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni

Dr Tamasailau (Sailau) Suaalii-Sauni

Associate Professor, University of Auckland

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Louise Taylor

Louise Taylor

Director - Observatory of Illicit Economies in Asia-Pacific, GI-TOC

Ian Tennant

Ian Tennant

Francesco Testa

Francesco Testa

Italian Public Prosecutor and European Delegated Prosecutor

Bubacar Ture

Bubacar Ture

Babette Ullemeyer

Babette Ullemeyer

German Development Cooperation, GIZ

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Ioannis Vlassis

Ioannis Vlassis

Analyst, GI-TOC

Darjan (Vuk) Vulević

Darjan (Vuk) Vulević

Executive Officer, NEOSTART - Center for crime prevention and after incarceration care

Livia Wagner

Livia Wagner

Summer Walker

Summer Walker

Dr Michel Yoboue

Dr Michel Yoboue

Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition

Dr Tony Murney

Dr Tony Murney

Director, International Police Executive Symposium

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Talks

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 Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson Babette Ullemeyer Antônio Sampaio

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

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

The future of international cooperation against transnational organized crime

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

Illicit economies, armed conflict and instability

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

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
Yvon Dandurand Gillian Dell Megan Capp Ian Tennant Slawomir Redo Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic Jessica Jahn

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

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

Giovanni Falcone and Italian society's fight against Cosa Nostra

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

Youth activism: Challenges and opportunities

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

Organized crime and instability: Mapping illicit hubs in West Africa

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

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

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

Diálogos para la resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe 2022

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

Exploring the maritime Balkan routes

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

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

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

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

26 September 2023, 02:00 PM
Laura Adal Global Initiative Mark Shaw 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
Flore Berger Aboubakar Kouadio Coulibaly Abdel Aziz Mossi Mouhamadou Kane

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

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

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

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

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
Tony Murney Louise Taylor

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