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.

Kingsley Madueke

Kingsley Madueke

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Aaron Magunna

Aaron Magunna

European Foundation for South Asian Studies

Farai Maguwu

Farai Maguwu

Founding Director, Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG)

Dr. Prem Mahadevan

Dr. Prem Mahadevan

Americo Maluana

Americo Maluana

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Raphael Maretto

Raphael Maretto

Researcher Member of the Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC), The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)

Rumbi Matamba

Rumbi Matamba

GITOC

François Mathieu

François Mathieu

Pholla Samkezi Mbalane

Pholla Samkezi Mbalane

PhD. candidate with specialization in Political Sciences, University of the Free State, South Africa

Rossella Merlino

Rossella Merlino

University of Messina

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy

Simon Mills

Simon Mills

UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Roland Moerland

Roland Moerland

Assistant Professor of Criminology, Maastricht University

Anthony Morgan

Anthony Morgan

Australian Institute of Criminology

Eldan Mujanovic

Eldan Mujanovic

Full Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herze, University of Sarajevo

Dr Jane Mulcahy

Dr Jane Mulcahy

University of Limerick, REPPP

Mohammed Mwinyi

Mohammed Mwinyi

YBN Kenya, Youth Bila Noma

Catherine Naughton

Catherine Naughton

Research fellow, University of Limerick

Hans Nelen

Hans Nelen

Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Faculty of Law

Patrícia Neves

Patrícia Neves

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)

Ariadna H. Ochnio Ph.D.

Ariadna H. Ochnio Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences

Ms Trina O'Connor

Ms Trina O'Connor

Criminologist

Willie Oeba

Willie Oeba

Dr Andrea Oelsner

Dr Andrea Oelsner

University of San Andrés, University of San Andrés

Dr. Gideon Ofosu-Peasah

Dr. Gideon Ofosu-Peasah

Analyst, GITOC

Talks

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

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

Expert networks addressing TOC

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

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

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

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 Marco Dugato Caterina Paternoster Daan van Uhm Thi Hoang Yuliya Zabyelina

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

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

Organized corruption: Manifestations, impact and remedies

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

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

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

Criminal gangs

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

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 Marco Antonelli Francesca Rispoli Rossella Merlino Camilo Tamayo Gomez

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

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

Los Plebes - Young people working for Mexican Cartels

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

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

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

Criminal networks

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

Organized crime and urban violence

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

Organized crime in Brazil

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

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

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

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

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

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

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

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 Anne-Therese Heckendorff Aaron Magunna

Nigerian organized crime

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

Organized crime - terrorism nexus

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

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

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