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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.

Ioannis Vlassis

Ioannis Vlassis

Analyst, GI-TOC

Valerii Bolgan

Valerii Bolgan

Intent Press

Global Initiative

Global Initiative

GI-TOC

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

Oumarou Paul Koalaga

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

Parfait N'Goran

Parfait N'Goran

Researcher and Lecturer, University of Bouaké

William Assanvo

William Assanvo

Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Hamidou Diallo

Hamidou Diallo

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

Dr Edward Yogo

Dr Edward Yogo

Director, Bureau des Etudes Strategiques (BESTRAT)

Hisham Habib

Hisham Habib

General Manager, Radio Kano

Dr Chris Kwaja

Dr Chris Kwaja

Country Director, United States Institute for Peace (USIP)

Dr Katja Lindskov Jacobsen

Dr Katja Lindskov Jacobsen

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

Miriam Uben Adah

Miriam Uben Adah

Senior Research Assistant, ACLED

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

Dr Yuliya Zabyelina

The University of Alabama

Prof. Federico Varese

Prof. Federico Varese

University of Oxford

Ganna Dovbakh

Ganna Dovbakh

Executive Director, Eurasian Harm Reduction Association

Diana Siller

Diana Siller

Environmental Justice and Human Rights organization (JADE A.C.)

Sen. Gwen Boniface

Sen. Gwen Boniface

Senator, Canadian Parliament, Resilience Fund Advisory Committee

Radha Barooha

Radha Barooha

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

Aboubakar Kouadio Coulibaly

Aboubakar Kouadio Coulibaly

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

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)

Trpe Stojanowski

Trpe Stojanowski

Senior Advisor, GI-TOC

Rajko Radevic

Rajko Radevic

Founder, Center for Security Studies – Montenegro

Slagjana Taseva

Slagjana Taseva

Dean, International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)

Ehat Miftaraj

Ehat Miftaraj

Executive Director, Kosovo Law Institute

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Talks

Criminal governance during the pandemic in Cape Town and Nairobi

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

End extortion now

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

Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

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

Gobernanza punitiva vs. gobernanza criminal en Centroamérica

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

The evolving dynamics of cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria

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

Gobernanza punitiva y derechos humanos en Centroamérica

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

The Silent Threat – Kidnappings in Burkina Faso

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

Narcotráfico y Violencia en Centroamérica

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

Locked Horns – Cattle rustling and Mali’s war economy

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

Organized corruption: Political financing in the Western Balkans

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

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
Tuesday Reitano Fedir Sydoruk Valerii Bolgan

The Launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time of Troubles: The Russian underworld since the Ukraine invasion

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

Evolving drug trends in wartime Ukraine

20 February 2024, 02:00 PM
Tuesday Reitano Ruggero Scaturro Fedir Sydoruk 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 Diana Siller Gwen Boniface Radha Barooha

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

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

Haiti: Pairing sanctions and other international responses

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

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

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

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

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

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
Alice Fereday Matt Herbert Rumbi Matamba

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