Organized crime and Russian-Ukrainian War
A Talk by Dina Siegel , André Duffles Teixeira Aranega , Aleksandras Dobryninas , Maryja Šupa , Oleksii Serdiuk and Anna Markovska
About this Talk
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.
About The Speakers
Dina Siegel
Professor of Criminology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands and co-founder of CIROC.
Aleksandras Dobryninas
Professor of Sociology, Chair of the Department of Criminology at the Institute of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
Maryja Šupa
Researcher in technology and crime at the Department of Criminology, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
Oleksii Serdiuk
Head of the Research Laboratory for Social and Psychological Support, Accompaniment, and Rehabilitation of Ministry of Internal Affairs Employees, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine; Horizon Europe National Contact Point for Cluster 3; Lieutenant Colonel of Police.