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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 Lindy Mtongana Antônio Sampaio

End extortion now

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

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 Celia Medrano Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada Andreas Daugaard

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

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

Gobernanza punitiva y derechos humanos en Centroamérica

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

The Silent Threat – Kidnappings in Burkina Faso

22 March 2023, 02:00 PM
Flore Berger Mouhamadou Kane Eleanor Beevor Abdoul Aziz Azeibou Abdel Aziz Mossi

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
Modibo Galy Cissé Kingsley Madueke Mouhamadou Kane Kalidou Sidibé Flore Berger

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

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

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

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

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

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

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

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

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

10 October 2023, 02:00 PM
Edward Yogo Eleanor Beevor 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
Kingsley Madueke Chris Kwaja Hisham Habib Katja Lindskov Jacobsen Miriam Uben Adah Lawan Danjuma Adamu

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

Evolving drug trends in wartime Ukraine

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

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

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

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

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

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 Eleanor Beevor Lawan Danjuma Adamu Kingsley Madueke

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

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

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

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

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

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

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