Strengthening Policies against Organized Criminal Networks Involved in the Smuggling of Migrants and Related Crimes along the Central and Western Mediterranean Routes
A Talk by Ekaterina Golovko , Alice Fereday , Mr Emmanuel Ikechukwu Nweke and Alexandre Schick
About this Talk
Recent findings of a rapid data collection exercise will be presented. There is an extensive literature describing travel routes, smugglers' modus operandi, and migrant profiles that was reviewed to inform this rapid data collection. Additional information was gathered through interviews with key informants. The analysis covers basic topics such as existing and available data on migrant smuggling and organized crime; the main patterns of migrant smuggling along the central and western Mediterranean routes; and existing evidence on the interconnections between migrant smuggling and organized crime along the central and western Mediterranean routes.
About The Speakers
Senior Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Analyst specialised in human smuggling and trafficking in Niger and Chad.
Desk Officer UNODC, International Organization Departement, MOFA, Nigeria
With a background in law and Masters Degree in Diplomatic Studies from University of Oxford, I have been engaged with issues of Drugs and Crime as Desk Officer at the Permanent Mission of Nigeria, Vienna, from 2018 through 2022, and currently the desk officer on Drugs and Crime at the Headquarters.