criminal governance

Criminal governance is defined as instances in which armed criminal groups set and enforce rules, provide security and other basic services – such as water, electricity, or internet access – in an urban area, which may be a part (or the whole) of an informal settlement or a neighborhood.

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.

Anna Alvazzi del Frate

Anna Alvazzi del Frate

Felipe Botero

Felipe Botero

Coordinator for Colombia, GI-TOC

Judy-Ann Cilliers

Judy-Ann Cilliers

Communications Manager & Researcher, MathMoms

Professor Anna Sergi

Professor Anna Sergi

University of Essex

Dina Siegel

Dina Siegel

Utrecht University, Utrecht University / CIROC

Brooke Stearns Lawson PhD

Brooke Stearns Lawson PhD

Senior Conflict, Governance and Crime Advisor, USAID

Kimberley L. Thachuk

Kimberley L. Thachuk

Lin van Schalkwyk

Lin van Schalkwyk

Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), Ghent University

Daan van Uhm

Daan van Uhm

Utrecht University

Adriana Abdenur

Adriana Abdenur

Executive Director, Plataforma CIPÓ

Augustine B. Aboh

Augustine B. Aboh

Lecturer, University of Calabar, Nigeria

Mario Abrego

Mario Abrego

Laura Adal

Laura Adal

Senior Analyst, The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi

Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi

Nigeria Organizer, VUMA.EARTH

Sérgio Adorno

Sérgio Adorno

Dr Dickson Ajisafe

Dr Dickson Ajisafe

Reseach Fellow, Institute for Research and Policy Integration in Africa (IRPIA), Sierra Leone and USA.

Marcos Alan Ferreira

Marcos Alan Ferreira

Associate Professor, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

Déborah Alimi

Déborah Alimi

Felia Allum

Felia Allum

Polis, University of Bath

Arturo Alvarado Mendoza

Arturo Alvarado Mendoza

Profesor, Centro de Estudios Sociológicos en El Colegio de Mexico

Alice Alves Casanova

Alice Alves Casanova

Brazilian Naval War College - Brazilian Navy (MB), Brazilian Naval War College - PPGEM

Kristina Amerhauser

Kristina Amerhauser

GI-TOC

Concepción Anguita Olmedo

Concepción Anguita Olmedo

Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Marco Antonelli

Marco Antonelli

Scuola Normale Superiore

Marija Atanaskova

Marija Atanaskova

RUSI Europe

Talks

Taking the measure of crime: The 2021 Global Organized Crime Index

01 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Antônio Sampaio Lyes Tagziria Laura Adal Kosyo Ivanov

Expert networks addressing TOC

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
Iris Oustinoff-Leroux Livia Wagner Carolina Sampó David Kaplan

Development response to organized crime: Perspectives from the UK and the US

01 December 2021, 04:00 PM
Jonathan Bhalla Sasha Jesperson Phyllis Dininio Brooke Stearns Lawson Simon Mills

Graphic narratives of organised crime, gender and power in Europe

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

The private sector and organized crime

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

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Laurie Wdowiak Marie Jauffret-Roustide Déborah Alimi Karine Bertrand

Organized corruption: Manifestations, impact and remedies

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Suncana Roksandic Ugljesa (Ugi) Zvekic Bojan Dobovsek Eldan Mujanovic

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Romain Le Cour Grandmaison Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Markus Hochmüller Sandra Ley

Criminal gangs

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Paul Friedberg Judy-Ann Cilliers Amir Rostami Lin van Schalkwyk Andrew Miller

Organised crime in France

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Jacques Follorou Déborah Alimi Fabrice Rizzoli Tommaso Giuriati

Organized crime during the COVID-19 pandemic

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Leo Lin Francesca Rispoli Camilo Tamayo Gomez Rossella Merlino Marco Antonelli

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Concepción Anguita Olmedo Carolina Sampó Mariano Bartolomé Marcos Alan Ferreira Andrea Oelsner Adriana Abdenur

Los Plebes - Young people working for Mexican Cartels

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Eduardo Giralt Karina Garcia Reyes

Partnerships for peace: Standing up against violence one destroyed weapon at a time

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Héctor Carrillo Elba Chacon Montserrat Deu Pons Laura-Lee Gillion

Criminal networks

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM
Philip Jones Ana Guerreiro David Bright Anna Sergi Pedro Sousa Filipa Silva

Organized crime and urban violence

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Andrea Julieth Pelaez Zachary Porreca Fausto Carbajal-Glass Maria Puolakkainen Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas

Organized crime in Brazil

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Gabriel Funari Andrea Varsori Camila Dias André Duffles Teixeira Aranega Alice Alves Casanova Giselle Florentino

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Sérgio Adorno Veronica Zubillaga Camila Dias Arturo Alvarado Mendoza

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Estefania Bernal Mario Abrego Ana Velasco Diorella Islas

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

02 December 2021, 02:30 AM
Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas Zara Snapp Dawn Marie Paley Oswaldo Zavala

Governance and redistribution of criminal assets

02 December 2021, 04:00 AM
Ludovica Ioppolo Ariadna H. Ochnio Fabrizio Consentino

Narco-terrorism in South Asia

02 December 2021, 04:00 AM
Celine Burke Lisa Dudek Aaron Magunna Anne-Therese Heckendorff

Nigerian organized crime

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM
Augustine B. Aboh Dany Franck A. Tiwa Tiwa Stefano Becucci Jude Roys Oboh

Organized crime - terrorism nexus

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM
R. V. Gundur Kumail Jillisger Lucas da Silva Almeida Khamal Patterson

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

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