Episodes
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This panel will assess illicit networks and fentanyl in Brazil, Mexico, and other Latin American countries using the 3rd GEN Gang literature and criminal insurgency as lenses. Fentanyl and other synthetic drugs have risen in importance and in the political rhetoric surrounding them due to high numbers of overdose deaths particularly in the United States. This panel aims to discuss the organized crime networks which facilitate this trade in a nuanced fashion.
Speakers
Daniel Weisz Argomedo, Researcher and writer on organized crime
Nathan P. Jones, Associate Professor of Security Studies at Sam Houston State University.
Guadalupe Correa Cabrera, Professor, George Mason University, Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University.
John P. Sullivan, Instructor, University of Southern California, Retired Lieutenant, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department with experience in counterterrorism intelligence.
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We will share our experiences in the great environment of the 24 Hours Conference on Global Organised Crime. Particularly how mafiaindanke e.V. was founded, the difficulties we encountered and how we managed to find our role in the public discourse. During the discussion, we will show the audience one possible way we can respond as a civil society that could be viable in other countries. How we have managed to deal with the difficulties of being made up of only volunteers and often having limited resources, and yet how we have achieved important goals.
Speakers
Giulia Norberti, mafianeindanke e.V, Member of the board of mafianeindanke e.V. – antimafia NGO in Germany.
Sandro Mattioli, mafianeindanke e.V, Investigative journalist, a journalist investigating activities of Italian Organized Crime groups in Germany for 15 years and president of mafianeindanke e.V., Germany's leading antimafia association.
Ludovica Boelting, mafianeindanke e.V, Long term activist in the anti-mafia field. Member of the board of mafianeindanke e.V. – antimafia NGO in Germany.
Ruggero Scaturro, GI-TOC, Senior Analyst for the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime conducting research on the Western Balkans, and on Italian mafia-related issues.
Helena Raspe, mafianeindanke e.V. deputy chairwoman at the German antimafia NGO mafianeindanke e.V., freelance journalist, political scientist and policy advisor with a focus on Latin America and organized crime, based in Berlin
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Axel Hemmerling, Ludwig Kendzia, David Klaubert and Margherita Bettoni spent three years investigating when and how the Calabrian 'ndrangheta arrived in East Germany. They looked into newspaper archives, searched property register files, used FOIAs and talked to several sources in Germany and in Italy. In the process, they came across a major, still publicly unknown police investigation against the 'ndrangheta in East Germany that took place almost 20 years ago. The investigation came to a sudden end under unclear circumstances, no arrest was made. They gained access to thousand of pages connected to the investigation and could read hundreds of wiretapped phone calls made by alleged 'ndrangheta members living in Eastern Germany at the beginning of the 2000s. Including some very interesting calls that suggest a proximity to some institutional members, such as a local judge. The result is the investigative documentary "Mafia colony East Germany. German unity's blind spot", that was aired by the German public broadcaster ARD in 2021 and translated into English by the public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW). Following their investigation, the Parliament of Thuringia created a parliamentary committee of enquiry (the first one in German parliamentary history dealing with the 'ndrangheta) to find an answer to two main question: 1. Why was this investigation closed at such an early stage? 2. Was the 'ndrangheta in contact with institution in Thuringia?
Speakers
David Klaubert, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Staff writer and investigative journalist, focussing on organized crime
Zora Hauser, University of Oxford
Margherita Bettoni, An award winning journalist investigating Italian mafia groups in Germany since a decade
Axel Hemmerling, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
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One of the most efficient tools for promoting transparency, accountability, and good governance is open data technology. This panel will offer examples of how open data platforms can be used effectively and will consider opportunities for expanding the use of such data to improve good governance in Southeast Asia. The panel aims to shed light on the practical applications of open data in combating corruption.
Speakers
Torplus Yomnak, Chulalongkorn University
Thanisara GG Ruangdej, CEO & Co-founder, Punch Up, WeVis
Dewi Anggraeni, Indonesia Corruption Watch
Khairil Yusof, Sinar Project
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During this session, panellists will discuss the latest developments, challenges, and outlooks on Southeast Asia's drug trade, alongside UNODC’s ongoing support to enhance cross-border collaboration and information sharing. The region's drug trade has been marked by a decade of growth in the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs, particularly methamphetamine. While seizures of the drug returned to pre-COVID-19 levels with nearly 151 tons seized in 2022, the market has evolved considerably. At frontline border crossings, detecting and investigating illicit trafficking requires that officers have advanced expertise in identifying and analyzing substances, and the ability to readily collaborate with their counterparts.
Speakers
Esteban Felipe De La Torre, UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Magali Vennin, UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Naoki Sugano, UNODC ROSEAP Criminal Justice Team
Inshik Sim, UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
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This Roundtable Discussion will examine the interplay between politics and economics in the frontier peripheries and urban heartlands of Pakistan.
Speakers
Junaid Qureshi, Director European Foundation for South Asian Studies
Dr. Prem Mahadevan, Specialised in research on organised crime, intelligence and irregular warfare.
Taha Siddiqui, The Dissident Club, An award winning investigative Pakistani journalist in exile living in France
Ayesha Siddiqa Agha, King’s College London
Francesca Marino, Journalist/Independent Expert
Niels Verster, European Foundation for South Asian Studies
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This Roundtable Discussion will examine the question of how organized crime and political militancy interact in the Indian context. It will look at the role of mafia syndicates in perpetrating international terrorism, and will focus on Mumbai’s D-Company and drug gangs along the India-Pakistan border. The Mumbai bombings of 1993, which were carried out by D-Company, remain perhaps the strongest example of a crime-terror convergence but their sheer destructiveness has tended to make them an outlier case. This Roundtable will set the example of D-Company in perspective, by looking at the broader geopolitical and socio-economic context within which criminals turn to political violence.
Speakers
Junaid Qureshi, Director European Foundation for South Asian Studies
Geeta Datta, News 9 Plus
Dr. Prem Mahadevan, Specialised in research on organised crime, intelligence and irregular warfare.
Kartikeya Tripathi, University College London
Michela Mutovciev, Research Analyst, European Foundation for South Asian Studies
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This panel will discuss the main issues with illegal natural resources export and illegal tourism as well as the criminal activities, in relation to “China's mafia invasion” of the East Siberia region which was historically linked to the Silk Road. They will then talk about criminal law versus environmental direct action in democratic societies with the aim to redefine the socially acceptable boundaries of environmental direct actions through a lens of green criminology and ecological democracy. They will also explore the uniqueness of transnational environmental crimes since transnational criminal organizations accrue substantial profits through the pillaging of the Earth's flora and fauna, threatening its ecosystems and endangering the survival of various states and (non-)human communities. Finally, they discuss the convergence of wildlife crime with other illicit flows in 10 Eastern and Southern African countries.
Speakers
Andrey Anisimov, Irkutsk institute, Irkutsk branch of The all-Russian state university of justice. Assistant Professor of the department of criminal procedure and forensic science at the Irkutsk branch of The all-Russian state university of justice
Juneseo Hwang, Lecturer, Sungkonghoe University
Alastair Nelson, Conservation Synergies and GI-TOC. Thirty years experience leading field programs in conservation and counter wildlife crime work in the Horn of Africa, East and southern Africa.
André Duffles Teixeira Aranega, Bachelor's and Master's degree in International Relations by the Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio).
Radha Barooah, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
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The practice of ‘cuckooing’, where vulnerable people have their homes taken over, has generated significant policy and practice attention across the UK over the last ten years. While not exclusively, this has often been associated with the workings of illicit drug markets, with connections made to the activities of organised crime and the supply model known as ‘county lines’. Involving a range of researchers who have recently completed or are currently engaged with studies on this area, this roundtable discussion will provide an opportunity for critically reflecting on the current state of knowledge about cuckooing and how it should be understood. In addition, speakers will consider the practical implications of their findings for informing, critiquing and improving better responses. Finally, consideration will be given to what a future research agenda on this area might look like.
Speakers
Dr Rose Broad, University of Manchester
Simon Harding, University of West London
Dr Laura Bainbridge, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, University of Leeds
Prof Stephen. J. Macdonald, Durham University
Jack Spicer, University of Bath
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The Director of GITOC, Mark Shaw, will discuss his new book Breaking the Bombers: How the Hunt for PAGAD Created a Crack Police Unit. This talk touches on the features, implications, and risks associated with vigilantism, as well as the most effective responses within the framework of the rule of law, aiming to reduce violence and curtail criminal activities.
Speakers
Mark Shaw, Director, GI-TOC
Vusumzi Pikoli, Africa Board member and Senior Advisor - GITOC
Elrena Van Der Spuy, University of Cape Town
Romain Le Cour Grandmaison, Senior Expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Dr Etannibi Alemika, Professor of Criminology
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacts on all aspects of the society, economy and politics - and organized crime is among those affected globally. This panel discusses different aspects of how criminal groups have adapted during the pandemic including the look into the most common modi operandi used by organized criminals in the theft of medicines and medical devices. This trend is amplified by the global pandemic and the war in Ukraine although it has long been a component of the illicit trade in pharmaceutical products. In Italy, which was among the first countries severely-hit by the pandemic, the structures, activities and operations of mafia groups and organized crime groups (OCGs) have also been impacted, particularly their economic activities and trafficking operations. Similarly in Ghana, OCGs have shifted their market focus and re-routed illicit networks, in compliance with the changing landscape. They are also more likely to take advantage of the prolonged economic downturn in the country where there are growing concerns for serious organized crime and deepening issues of terrorism.
MR. STEPHEN ASARE ABANKWAHEconomist, Finance Professional, Policy Analyst and Climate Change Negotiator
MARCO DUGATOSenior Researcher at Transcrime & Adjunct Professor of Methods and Techniques for Criminological Research at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
KING CARL TORNAM DUHO, ACMA CGMA CAIMF Youth Fellow ll Economist ll Finance Professional ll Policy Analyst
ANNA LASKAICorporate crime, organizational criminology, corruption in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors. Interest in anti-money laundering research.
LORENZO VERTEMATIStudied International Studies in the Hague, the Netherlands at Leiden University. These studies focused on Africa. Then undertook the Erasmus+ program for the International Master in Security, Intelligence, and Strategic Studies (IMSISS) between Glasgow (University of Glasgow), Dublin (Dublin City University), and Prague (Charles University). There, he became interested in criminal groups and the interrelationship between security and society. His Masters' dissertation focuses on the effects of Covid-19 on OCGs in Italy.
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This panel will discuss the latest research on women in OCGs in Latin America. Speakers will discuss their latest research and the chair will raise various issues.
DEBORAH BONELLOFreelance video journalist based in Mexico City.
ELAINE CAREYDean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oakland University in Michigan and historian of Mexico, crime, social movements, and gender.
PATRICIA FIGUEROAResearcher at the Center of Gender Policies of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa.
GEMA KLOPPE-SANTAMARÍASociologist and historian specializing on violence, gender, and crime in Latin America. Assistant Professor at George Washington University, Global Fellow at The Wilson Center, Author of "In the Vortex of Violence".
CAROLINA SAMPÓPhD in Social Sciences. Master's degree in International Studies. Bachelor in Political Sciences.
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"The Irish organized crime milieu has been recognized for its distinction, derived from its characterization as ‘family gangs,’ its international mobility nature, and the influence of paramilitary groups - while remains understudied. On a transnational level, criminal markets across Ireland and the United Kingdom are highly integrated and adaptable to changing trends and events. However, Ireland is treated as a single market for key criminal trades while the shifts in legitimate trading patterns as a result of Brexit, are likely to have a significant impact on organized crime across both countries.
Looking more closely at everyday criminality, the panel also examines cattle smuggling at the Ireland/Northern Ireland border through the 20th century from a historical criminological perspective. Finally, the panel discusses the long history of politically motivated extremism which is predominantly related to the paramilitary violence of the Troubles. However, there is a fundamental difference in how extremisms are understood depending on the ideological orientation of the individual in question. "
DR ALEXANDER CHANCESpecialist in transnational organised crime and corruption, in particular in peacebuilding contexts. Senior Fellow at The Azure Forum. Associate at Transparency International Ireland. Practising mediator. PhD from Trinity College Dublin.
DR LYNSEY BLACK
Lecturer in criminology in the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University.
DR ORLA LYNCH
Head of Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland
DR JAMES WINDLE
Lecturer in Criminology and Director of the BA Criminology Degree at University College Cork.
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Cocaine Hoppers provides empirical evidence to explain the involvement of Nigerians in the international cocaine trade. Investigating the criminogenic environment created by the Nigerian “state crisis”, it traces the geographic, demographic, economic, hist orical, political, and cultural factors that have contributed to the cocaine culture in Nigeria. These elements have led to a society that relies on “ reverse social capital ”, wherein wealth and power are achieved through illegal means solely to benefit the individual. This lively, theoretically grounded study provides an account of Nigerian involvement in global drug trafficking as it has never been divulged before. This book will be appreciated by students, scholars, and public policy practitioners in the criminal justice and criminology space. And eagerly be read by those interested in Nigeria, and problems of African immigrants, and in the international drug trafficking.
DR. IR. JUDE ROYS OBOHCriminologist. Consultant for the Dutch Ministry of Justice
STEFANO BECUCCIExpert on Italian and foreign organized crime, smuggling and trafficking in human beings, exploitation of prostitution, bonded labor.
DAMIÁN ZAITCHOrganised Crime / drug trafficking in Latin America and the Netherlands
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OMCGs have been implicated in a range of organised criminal activities including narcotics manufacture and trafficking, prostitution, firearms trafficking, extortion and money laundering. In this session, four presentations will examine the structure and operation of OMCGs from Australian and Dutch perspectives. The first paper focuses on the micro-level processes of Australian outlaw motorcycle gangs that facilitate crimes of violence and profit. The second presentation examines Dutch OMCG co-offender group composition and its’ association with group and individual level criminal careers. The third paper uses social network analysis to examine co-offending among Australian OMCG clubs. The final paper of this session argues that qualitative research is sorely needed in the study of OMCG offending and draws on examples of offending by members of Australian OMCG clubs.
PROFESSOR DAVID BRIGHTProfessor David Bright is a criminologist and forensic psychologist with the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.
MARK LAUCHSAssociate Professor, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
ANTHONY MORGANManages the Australian Institute of Criminology’s Serious and Organised Crime Research Lab
SJOUKJE VAN DEURENSjoukje van Deuren is a PhD candidate in criminology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research interests include outlaw biker clubs, organized crime, and domestic violence.
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This book is the outcome of an analysis and reflection on crime risks and financial criminal activity taking place in European professional football in recent decades. Its main goal is to discuss some relevant criminological issues in relation to the financing and ownership of professional football clubs and the transfer of players. As the title suggests, the book covers both the outrageous business patterns and habits – and the associated high risk of financial crime – that have manifested themselves in this line of industry, as well as our inclination to turn a blind eye to these developments (like an ostrich with its head in the sand).
ROLAND MOERLANDRoland Moerland is Assistant Professor of Criminology and Law at Maastricht University and the Director of the Forensics Criminology and Law Master Program.
WIM HARDYNS
Professor of criminology in the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law at Ghent University, Belgium and member of the Institute of International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP)
HANS NELEN
Professor of criminology at Maastricht University (UM). He is also the director of the Maastricht Institute for Criminal Sciences (MICS) and has been chair of the Centre of Information and Research on Organised Crime (CIROC) since 2017.
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At this session, we will present articles published in a recent issue of the journal Anti-Trafficking Review, which focused on the theme ‘Traffickers’. The issue explored the characteristics, motivations, and modus operandi of those convicted or suspected of human trafficking, their relationships with victims, their treatment in the criminal justice system, and more. Dr Caitlin Wyndham will speak about the profile of traffickers in Vietnam. Dr Nerida Chazal will speak about women convicted of trafficking in Australia. Dr Marika McAdam will speak about traffickers in other countries and regions, such as Italy, United States, Malaysia, and others. All speakers will reflect on what these findings mean for prevention of trafficking and prosecution of offenders.
MARIKA MCADAMIndependent international law and policy adviser; trafficking in persons; smuggling of migrants; international law; human rights.
DR NERIDA CHAZAL
Online Course Facilitator for the Bachelor of Criminal Justice and the Bachelor of Psychological Science and Sociology. Nerida's research examines human trafficking, modern slavery and gender violence.
BORISLAV GERASIMOV
Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women and the Editor of Anti-Trafficking Review.
DR CAITLIN WYNDHAM
Experienced leader committed to addressing social exclusion, inequality and human rights violations. Caitlin has been involved with Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation since 2003, and is focused on strategy, evidence-based programming, evaluation and research and stakeholder liaison as a senior staff member.
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In this session, Oleksii Serdyuk and Anna Markovska will present their paper on the level of war-time organized criminal activity in Ukraine by using media reports and anecdotal evidence from Kharkiv and Odesa. After this intervention, André Duffles Teixeira Aranega will present his findings on the ‘crime-conflict nexus’ to demonstrate the interconnections between the dynamics of cross-border illicit economies and the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. After that, Mr. Aranega will provide his standpoint on emerging security implications as a result of the war. The session will conclude with a presentation by Aleksandras Dobryninas and Maryja Šupa, who will speak about how and why the issues of organized crime and criminal operandi are absent in Lithuanian public discourse.
DINA SIEGELProfessor of Criminology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands and co-founder of CIROC.
ALEKSANDRAS DOBRYNINASProfessor of Sociology, Chair of the Department of Criminology at the Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
ANDRÉ DUFFLES TEIXEIRA ARANEGAMaster's Student, International Relations Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio).
ANNA MARKOVSKAAssociate Professor in Criminology, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and specialised in organised crime, Ukraine, transition, police reforms and legitimacy.
OLEKSII SERDIUKHead of the Research Laboratory for Psychological Support of Law Enforcement, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine and Lieutenant Colonel of Police.
MARYJA ŠUPAResearcher in technology and crime at the Department of Criminology, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
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This session, moderated by Fatjona Mejdini, will be dedicated to understanding the threats posed by illicit flows to maritime and port security. More specifically, panelists will discuss how and why illicit trade manifests in port premises and along rivers. Starting from the international perspective, prof. Sergi will illustrate international cocaine flows, and present some of the findings of her research on ports in the Global North. The session will then continue with a presentation on the main findings of the recently published report "Port Holes, exploring the Maritime Balkan Routes" by authors Ruggero Scaturro and Walter Kemp. Kristina Amerhauser will instead present the risks posed my illicit traffics along the Danube River.
PROFESSOR ANNA SERGIProfessor at the University of Essex in the UK where she lectures on criminology, organised crime and crimes of globalisation.
KRISTINA AMERHAUSERProgramme Manager at the GI-TOC conducting research on organized crime and corruption in the Western Balkans.
FATJONA MEJDINIDirector of the South Eastern Europe Observatory, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
RUGGERO SCATURROAnalyst for the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime conducting research on the Western Balkans, and on Italian mafia-related issues.
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Assassinations, or contract killings, have been largely used by criminal groups as a form of criminal governance: to exert territorial control and control of their illicit markets, targeted violence was commonly seen as the modus operandi by many groups. However, increasingly, the spill over of these gang turfs have affected victims from civil society. Individuals standing for political office, activists defending lands from corporate or criminal encroachment, and journalists uncovering unsavoury truths. The list of victims of contract killings is long and global. The panel will present Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)’s database, the Global Assassination Monitor, a unique database that monitors contract killings around the world. It will also discuss the current state of contract killings in the academic literature. The panel will finish with a practical recommendation of community-based responses on this widespread form of crime in Colombia.
Ana Paula Oliveira, Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Felipe Botero, Head of Colombia Programmes, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Nina Kaysser, Senior Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Mohammed Rahman, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Birmingham City University
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