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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.

Nanine Steenkamp

Nanine Steenkamp

Louise Taylor

Louise Taylor

GI-TOC, GI-TOC

Cameron Thibos

Cameron Thibos

Managing Editor, Beyond Trafficking and Slavery, openDemocracy

Dr Kate Thomas

Dr Kate Thomas

Birmingham City University, Birmingham City University

Brittany VandeBerg

Brittany VandeBerg

Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Alabama

Ruth Van Dyke

Ruth Van Dyke

Rene van Swaaningen

Rene van Swaaningen

Maurício Vieira

Maurício Vieira

University for Peace

Dr Erica Von Essen

Dr Erica Von Essen

Stockholm University

Florian Weigand

Florian Weigand

Centre on Armed Groups

Rebecca Wickes

Rebecca Wickes

Griffith University

Dr John Winterdyk

Dr John Winterdyk

Associate Professor, Dr Mary Young

Associate Professor, Dr Mary Young

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

Sylvia Yu Friedman

Sylvia Yu Friedman

Author & Filmmaker

Yuliya Zabyelina

Yuliya Zabyelina

The University of Alabama

Damián Zaitch

Damián Zaitch

Utrecht University

Talks

The truth about modern slavery

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

Crime and music

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

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
Dean Richards Isabel Domingo Rudgley Grace Robinson Eliah English Paul Nelson

Graphic narratives of organised crime, gender and power in Europe

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

The private sector and organized crime

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

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

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

Gender and organized crime in Italy

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

Trading life: Organ trafficking, illicit networks, and exploitation

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

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

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

Understanding corruption: How corruption works in practice

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

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

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

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

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

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
Alberto De Filippis Edoardo Fiora Matteo Civillini

Women unsilenced our refusal to let torturer-traffickers win

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Smuggling: What we (should) know

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

Modern slavery and human trafficking: The victim journey

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

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

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

Security and conservation: The politics of the illegal wildlife trade

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

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

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

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

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

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

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