Jennifer Scotland
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies Research Analyst in the Organised Crime & Policing team at RUSI, with a background in Latin American security risk
About this speaker
Jennifer Scotland is a Research Analyst in the Organised Crime and Policing team at RUSI, where she is involved in the environmental crime portfolio, exploring issues such as the illegal wildlife trade and associated illicit finance in Africa and Latin America. She holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Bristol.
Prior to joining RUSI, Jennifer was a Research Analyst on the Americas country intelligence desk at Janes where she monitored security threats in Latin America, including regional organised crime trends. Her research at Janes included investigations into illicit resource extraction driving deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, a deep-dive into organised crime-driven insecurity in Ecuador, monitoring of the ongoing Colombian peace process, and a report exploring cocaine trafficking trends between the Americas and Europe in 2023.
