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
Kosyo Ivanov Lyes Tagziria Laura Adal Antônio Sampaio

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
Phyllis Dininio Brooke Stearns Lawson Simon Mills Sasha Jesperson Jonathan Bhalla

Graphic narratives of organised crime, gender and power in Europe

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

The private sector and organized crime

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

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

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

Organized corruption: Manifestations, impact and remedies

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

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

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

Criminal gangs

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

Organised crime in France

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

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
Andrea Oelsner Mariano Bartolomé Carolina Sampó Concepción Anguita Olmedo Marcos Alan Ferreira 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 Laura-Lee Gillion Elba Chacon Montserrat Deu Pons

Criminal networks

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

Organized crime and urban violence

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

Organized crime in Brazil

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

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

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

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

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

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

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

Governance and redistribution of criminal assets

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

Narco-terrorism in South Asia

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

Nigerian organized crime

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

Organized crime - terrorism nexus

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

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

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