A Talk by Tuesday Reitano, Lucia Bird, Max Gallien, Dr Matt Herbert, Ashley Jackson and Florian Weigand
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime,
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime,
Institute of Development Studies,
Centre on Armed Groups
About this talk
The roundtable discusses the findings of the recently published Routledge Handbook of Smuggling (available open access). The handbook offers a comprehensive survey of interdisciplinary research related to smuggling, reflecting on key themes, and c harting current and future trends. Divided into six parts and spanning over 30 chapters, the volume covers themes such as mobility, borders, violent conflict, and state politics, as well as looks at the smuggling of specific goods – from rice and gasoline to wildlife, weapons, and cocaine. Chapters engage with some of the most contentious academic and policy debates of the twenty - first century, including the historical creation of borders, re - bordering, the criminalisation of migration, and the politics of selective toleration of smuggling.
Tuesday Reitano
Deputy Director at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and a Senior Research Advisor at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria
Lucia Bird
Director of the West Africa Observatory, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Max Gallien
Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
Dr Matt Herbert
Senior Expert at the North Africa and Sahel Observatory, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Ashley Jackson
Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Armed Groups
Florian Weigand
Co-Director, Centre on Armed Groups and Research Associate, London School of Economics (LSE)