Riikka Puttonen Dmitry Orlov Abimbola Adebakin Ling Xu Neil Brodie

Online intermediaries and illicit trafficking: Addressing the illicit online trade in cultural property, wildlife and falsified medical products

A Talk by Riikka Puttonen , Dr Neil Brodie , Ling Xu , Abimbola Adebakin CPT and Dmitry Orlov

About this Talk

The proliferation of the Internet into the daily lives of people worldwide has seen the emergence of a number of illicit online markets. Around the world, discussions are ongoing about how governments, online intermediaries and other stakeholders can best work together to address these illicit markets. This panel draws upon diverse perspectives relating to the illicit online trade in cultural property, wildlife and falsified medical products to examine and draw parallels between these phenomena and to discuss how they can best be tackled.

02 December 2021, 07:00 AM

07:00 AM - 08:15 AM

About The Speakers

Riikka Puttonen

Riikka Puttonen

UNODC, UNODC

Programme Manager, Dr iur


Neil Brodie

Dr Neil Brodie

University of Oxford

Archaeologist. Expert in illicit trade in antiquities and other cultural objects.


Ling Xu

Ling Xu

Director, TRAFFIC China


Abimbola Adebakin

Abimbola Adebakin CPT

CEO, Advantage Health Africa

Founder, myMedicines (online pharmacy) Winner, Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Forum Recipient, Google Black Founders Fund


Dmitry Orlov

Dmitry Orlov