24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime
Annette Hübschle Sarah Lothian Julie Berg Jade Lindley Charlotte Looram

Transnational Maritime Environmental Crimes

A Talk by Annette Hübschle , Dr Julie Berg , Dr Sarah Lothian , Charlotte Looram and Jade Lindley

About this Talk

The vast nature of the maritime environment creates opportunity to conduct activities without fear of interception and provides limitless resources available to exploit. Understanding these crimes is critical but so too is developing practical approaches to respond. This panel will introduce the emerging concept of blue southern criminology, from which these crimes can be understood, and domestic, regional and international responses can be developed to encourage harmonized and cooperative transboundary policy and regulatory frameworks. This panel will seek to discuss the problems as well as suggest strategies for improved responses to limit opportunity to offend. Multidisciplinary research with a focus on the Global South, envelopes local community-led and gendered responses to these maritime crimes.
environmental crime Roundtable

31 October 2024, 11:30 AM

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

About The Speakers

Annette Hübschle

Annette Hübschle

Chief research officer, University of Cape Town

Dr. Annette Hübschle is a policing scholar specialising in transnational criminal networks and illegal market structures. Her research addresses the challenges of policing these networks and explores community centred responses to combat illegal activities.

Julie Berg

Dr Julie Berg

Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow

A criminologist with research expertise on new and converging harmscapes and polycentric governance, primarily focused on the African context.

Sarah Lothian

Dr Sarah Lothian

Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong

An international lawyer recognised for expertise in the law of the sea and research contributions on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)

Charlotte Looram

Charlotte Looram

University of Western Australia

Charlotte is a provenance researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia, investigating the cultural laundering of illegally and unethically salvaged underwater cultural heritage.

Jade Lindley

Jade Lindley

Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia

Dr Jade Lindley researches a broad range of transnational organized crime, such as maritime piracy, illegal fishing, food fraud, art forgery, human trafficking and corruption, and the nexus with international law.

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