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 Kosyo Ivanov Lyes Tagziria Laura Adal

Expert networks addressing TOC

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

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

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

Graphic narratives of organised crime, gender and power in Europe

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

The private sector and organized crime

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

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

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

Organized corruption: Manifestations, impact and remedies

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

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

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

Criminal gangs

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

Organised crime in France

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

Organized crime during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

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

Los Plebes - Young people working for Mexican Cartels

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

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

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

Criminal networks

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

Organized crime and urban violence

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

Organized crime in Brazil

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

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

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

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

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

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

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

Governance and redistribution of criminal assets

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

Narco-terrorism in South Asia

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

Nigerian organized crime

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

Organized crime - terrorism nexus

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM
Lucas da Silva Almeida Kumail Jillisger R. V. Gundur 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 Nanine Steenkamp Sigrid Raets