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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.

Sen. Gwen Boniface

Sen. Gwen Boniface

Senator, Canadian Parliament, Resilience Fund Advisory Committee

Paul Chaves

Paul Chaves

Aboubakar Kouadio Coulibaly

Aboubakar Kouadio Coulibaly

Lead Gestion Ressources Naturelles et Résilience Conflit, R4P – Resilience for Peace, Equal Access

Andreas Daugaard

Andreas Daugaard

Hamidou Diallo

Hamidou Diallo

Director, Bureau of Studies on Extremism and Community Conflicts in Africa (BSECA)

Sasa Djordjevic

Sasa Djordjevic

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Prof. Bojan Dobovšek

Prof. Bojan Dobovšek

Professor of Criminology, University of Maribor

Carolina Duque

Carolina Duque

Alice Fereday

Alice Fereday

Senior analyst, The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Prof Mark Galeotti

Prof Mark Galeotti

Director, Mayak Intelligence

Modibo Galy Cissé

Modibo Galy Cissé

PhD Candidate, Leiden University

Nengak Daniel Gondyi

Nengak Daniel Gondyi

Project Officer, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

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

Marcena Hunter

Marcena Hunter

Thematic Lead on Extractives and Illicit Flows, GI-TOC

Global Initiative

Global Initiative

GI-TOC

D K

D K

Ponelo Kalonga

Ponelo Kalonga

Mouhamadou Kane

Mouhamadou Kane

Analyst, GI-TOC

Miloš Katić

Miloš Katić

Dr Chris Kwaja

Dr Chris Kwaja

Country Director, United States Institute for Peace (USIP)

Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Senior Expert, GI-TOC

Dr Katja Lindskov Jacobsen

Dr Katja Lindskov Jacobsen

Senior Researcher, Centre for Military Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copen

Manji Mangrock

Manji Mangrock

Plateau State Peacebuilding Agency

Rumbi Matamba

Rumbi Matamba

Analyst, GI-TOC

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

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
Flore Berger Kingsley Madueke Manji Mangrock Nengak Daniel Gondyi Lawan Danjuma Adamu

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

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
Kalidou Sidibé Modibo Galy Cissé Kingsley Madueke Flore Berger Mouhamadou Kane

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

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

11 July 2023, 01:00 PM
Antônio Sampaio Abdel Aziz Mossi 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
Mark Shaw Rumbi Matamba Laura Adal Global Initiative

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

Evolving drug trends in wartime Ukraine

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

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

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

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

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

Haiti: Pairing sanctions and other international responses

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

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

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

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

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

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 Matt Herbert Alice Fereday

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