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A moderator will interview a recent (2020-2021) book author with a short summary of the book, followed by a one-on-one interview with the online audience submitting questions.

Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Sigrid Raets

Sigrid Raets

Ghent University

Amy Chazkel

Amy Chazkel

Associate Professor of History, Columbia University

Rene van Swaaningen

Rene van Swaaningen

Isabel Domingo Rudgley

Isabel Domingo Rudgley

Co-Director, Liberty Lines Project CIC

Sasha Jesperson

Sasha Jesperson

RHIPTO Norwegian Center for Global Analyses

Marco Dugato

Marco Dugato

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime

Judy-Ann Cilliers

Judy-Ann Cilliers

Communications Manager & Researcher, MathMoms

Rossella Merlino

Rossella Merlino

University of Messina

Stefano Becucci

Stefano Becucci

University of Florence

Caterina Paternoster

Caterina Paternoster

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Déborah Alimi

Déborah Alimi

Thi Hoang

Thi Hoang

Analyst & JIED Managing Editor, The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Cameron Thibos

Cameron Thibos

Managing Editor, Beyond Trafficking and Slavery, openDemocracy

Associate Professor, Dr Mary Young

Associate Professor, Dr Mary Young

Bristol Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, University of the West of England

Grace Robinson

Grace Robinson

CEO, Black Box Research and Consultancy

Dr. Frederik Byrn Køhlert

Dr. Frederik Byrn Køhlert

University of East Anglia

Kimberley L. Thachuk

Kimberley L. Thachuk

Jay Albanese

Jay Albanese

Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Lucia Bird

Lucia Bird

Director, Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa, The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

R. V. Gundur

R. V. Gundur

Flinders University

Louise Taylor

Louise Taylor

GI-TOC, GI-TOC

Damián Zaitch

Damián Zaitch

Utrecht University

Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano

Deputy Director, The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Hai Luong

Hai Luong

Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Dean Richards

Dean Richards

Sovereign Comics, Sovereign Comics Limited

Talks

The truth about modern slavery

01 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Emily Kenway Ella Cockbain Cameron Thibos Rose Broad David Gadd

Crime and music

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
Dina Siegel Frank Bovenkerk Jeffrey McIllwain Rene van Swaaningen

How to use a comic book to have a conversation with children and young people who are at risk

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
Eliah English Isabel Domingo Rudgley Grace Robinson Dean Richards Paul Nelson

Graphic narratives of organised crime, gender and power in Europe

01 December 2021, 04:00 PM
Felia Allum Kate Thomas Brittany VandeBerg Frederik Byrn Køhlert

The private sector and organized crime

01 December 2021, 04:00 PM
Yuliya Zabyelina Daan van Uhm Marco Dugato Caterina Paternoster Thi Hoang Kimberley L. Thachuk

The Stories Within: Encounters with South African prisons and its people

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM
Lin van Schalkwyk Nanine Steenkamp Sigrid Raets Judy-Ann Cilliers

Gender and organized crime in Italy

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Ombretta Ingrascì Rossella Merlino

Trading life: Organ trafficking, illicit networks, and exploitation

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM
Seán Columb Guadalupe Correa Cabrera Mary Young

Rio's 'jogo do bicho' [gambling] organisation: Brazil's unknown 'cosa nostra'

02 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Damian Platt John Dickie Amy Chazkel Damián Zaitch

Understanding corruption: How corruption works in practice

13 October 2022, 01:00 PM
Robert Barrington Liz David-Barrett Samuel Power Dan Hough

Transforming the war on drugs: Victims, warriors, and vulnerable regions

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Annette Idler John Pokoo Mónica Serrano Carlos Pérez Ricart Juan Carlos Garzón Vergara

Legalizing the drug wars: A regulatory history of UN drug control

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
John Collins Déborah Alimi William McAllister Virginia Berridge

Cocaine hoppers: Nigerian international cocaine trafficking

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Jude Roys Oboh Stefano Becucci Damián Zaitch Victor Akpan

Financial intelligence as a means to offset criminal infiltration

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Edoardo Fiora Matteo Civillini Alberto De Filippis

Women unsilenced our refusal to let torturer-traffickers win

13 October 2022, 11:30 PM
Jeanne Sarson Linda MacDonald John Winterdyk

Modern slavery stories from the frontline: What you need to know

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Matt Friedman Sylvia Yu Friedman

Trying to make it the enterprises, gangs, and people of the American drug trade

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Guadalupe Correa Cabrera R. V. Gundur Rebecca Wickes Christian Bolden Tim Lauger

European white-collar crime: Exploring the nature of European realities

14 October 2022, 07:00 AM
Jon Davies Éva Veronika Inzelt Wim Huisman Katie Benson Nicholas Lord

Smuggling: What we (should) know

14 October 2022, 08:30 AM
Lucia Bird Tuesday Reitano Max Gallien Matt Herbert Florian Weigand Ashley Jackson

Modern slavery and human trafficking: The victim journey

14 October 2022, 10:00 AM
Phil Brewer Sasha Jesperson Carole Murphy Runa Lazzarino Ruth Van Dyke

Ostrageous: How greed and crime erode professional football and we all look the other way

14 October 2022, 10:00 AM
Hans Nelen Roland Moerland Wim Hardyns

Security and conservation: The politics of the illegal wildlife trade

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM
Rosaleen Duffy Tanya Wyatt Erica Von Essen Angus Nurse

Narcas, The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels + The War on Dirty Money

18 October 2023, 01:00 PM
Deborah Bonello Elaine Carey Tristram Hicks Mariola Marzouk

Demystifying Modern Slavery + Contesting County Lines: Case Studies in Drug Crime and Deviant Entrepreneurship

18 October 2023, 08:30 PM
Ella Cockbain Rose Broad David Gadd James Densley Robert McLean Ross Deuchar

Global Approaches on State Fragility & Organized Crime (UPEACE, 2023)

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM
Fausto Carbajal-Glass Maurício Vieira Megan Capp Jude Cocodia Vinicius Couto