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Violence & fragility

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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

Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele

Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele

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

Ganna Dovbakh

Ganna Dovbakh

Executive Director, Eurasian Harm Reduction Association

Siria Gastelum Felix

Siria Gastelum Felix

Resilience Director, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Founder and Executive Director, Institut de Stratégie et de Relations Internationales (ISRI)

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Director of the South Eastern Europe Observatory, GI-TOC

Lindy Mtongana

Lindy Mtongana

Roegchanda Pascoe

Roegchanda Pascoe

Chairperson, Manenberg Safety forum

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

Deputy Director, GI-TOC

Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw

Prof. Federico Varese

Prof. Federico Varese

University of Oxford

Professor Dimitris Ziouvas

Professor Dimitris Ziouvas

Director, Centre for Criminal Sciences, Panteion University of Athens

Ambassador Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Ambassador Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic

Senior Advisor, GI-TOC

William Assanvo

William Assanvo

Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Northern Nigeria Field Coordinator, GI-TOC

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

Luis Enrique Amaya

Luis Enrique Amaya

Abdoul Aziz Azeibou

Abdoul Aziz Azeibou

Regional Researcher, ACLED

Radha Barooha

Radha Barooha

Field Coordinator – Resilience Fund, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Dr Eleanor Beevor

Flore Berger

Flore Berger

Sahel Analyst, GI-TOC

Valerii Bolgan

Valerii Bolgan

Intent Press

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Talks

Criminal governance during the pandemic in Cape Town and Nairobi

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

End extortion now

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

Gobernanza punitiva vs. gobernanza criminal en Centroamérica

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

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

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

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
Flore Berger Eleanor Beevor Mouhamadou Kane Abdel Aziz Mossi Abdoul Aziz Azeibou

Narcotráfico y Violencia en Centroamérica

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

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

16 May 2023, 02:00 PM
Flore Berger Kingsley Madueke Kalidou Sidibé Modibo Galy Cissé Mouhamadou Kane

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

Armed groups and conflict economies in the national parks in West Africa

11 July 2023, 01:00 PM
Abdel Aziz Mossi Antônio Sampaio Eleanor Beevor

Port in a storm: Organized crime in Odesa since the Russian invasion

05 September 2023, 07:00 PM
Valerii Bolgan Tuesday Reitano Fedir Sydoruk

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

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

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

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
Hisham Habib Lawan Danjuma Adamu Kingsley Madueke Miriam Uben Adah Chris Kwaja Katja Lindskov Jacobsen

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

Evolving drug trends in wartime Ukraine

20 February 2024, 02:00 PM
Tuesday Reitano Ganna Dovbakh Fedir Sydoruk Ruggero Scaturro

High-level Resilience Dialogue on empowering local and indigenous women against environmental crimes and biodiversity loss

05 March 2024, 02:00 PM
Diana Siller Radha Barooha Siria Gastelum Felix Tuesday Reitano Gwen Boniface

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

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

Haiti: Pairing sanctions and other international responses

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

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

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

Integrity and Independence of Criminal Justice Institutions in the Western Balkans: Police and Prosecution

23 October 2024, 02:00 PM
Eduardo Vetere Trpe Stojanowski Slagjana Taseva Rajko Radevic Sasa Djordjevic Eldan Mujanovic Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic Ehat Miftaraj

Gangsters at War: Russia's Use of Organized Crime as an Instrument of Statecraft

04 November 2024, 01:30 PM
Tuesday Reitano Mark Galeotti

War, Refugees and Geopolitics - trends shaping human smuggling ecosystems in Chad and Sudan

20 November 2024, 02:00 PM
Rumbi Matamba Alice Fereday Matt Herbert

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