
Lucia Bird
Director, Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa, The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime Director of the West Africa Observatory, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
About this speaker
Lucia researches and writes on a broad range of organised crime types internationally, however her focus to date has been on human smuggling, human trafficking, drug trafficking and policy, and cyber crime. Previously, Lucia worked as legal and policy adviser to the Planning and Development Department of the Punjab Government, Pakistan, and before that held the same role at the Ministry of Finance, Ghana. During this time Lucia was affiliated with Oxford Policy Management, a development consultancy headquartered in the UK.