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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
Cameron Thibos Rose Broad Emily Kenway Ella Cockbain David Gadd

Crime and music

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

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 Eliah English Grace Robinson Paul Nelson

Graphic narratives of organised crime, gender and power in Europe

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

The private sector and organized crime

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

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

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

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
Seán Columb Mary Young Guadalupe Correa Cabrera

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

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

Understanding corruption: How corruption works in practice

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

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

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

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

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

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
Linda MacDonald John Winterdyk Jeanne Sarson

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 Christian Bolden Tim Lauger Rebecca Wickes Guadalupe Correa Cabrera

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

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

Smuggling: What we (should) know

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

Modern slavery and human trafficking: The victim journey

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

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

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

Security and conservation: The politics of the illegal wildlife trade

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM
Tanya Wyatt Rosaleen Duffy 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
Rose Broad Ross Deuchar David Gadd Ella Cockbain Robert McLean James Densley

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

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