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

Jana-Isabelle Dilger

Jana-Isabelle Dilger

Research Analyst, Trilateral Research

Romi Sigsworth

Romi Sigsworth

Institute for Security Studies

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)

Dr Regine Schönenberg

Dr Regine Schönenberg

Free University Berlin

Dr Vanda Felbab-Brown

Dr Vanda Felbab-Brown

Pholla Samkezi Mbalane

Pholla Samkezi Mbalane

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

Patricio Estévez-Soto

Patricio Estévez-Soto

University College London

Dr. Prem Mahadevan

Dr. Prem Mahadevan

Ana Paula Oliveira

Ana Paula Oliveira

Mouhamadou Kane

Mouhamadou Kane

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Dr Matthew Levitt

Dr Matthew Levitt

Dir, CT program, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Vassilis Gerasopoulos

Vassilis Gerasopoulos

Utrecht University

Juliana Ferreira

Juliana Ferreira

Executive Director - South Am Office, Freeland / EWC

Dr Freedom Onuoha

Dr Freedom Onuoha

Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Barbara Collier

Barbara Collier

Co-founder, Equinimity Tucson

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado

François Mathieu

François Mathieu

Mark Berry

Mark Berry

Bournemouth University

Valentin Pereda

Valentin Pereda

International Centre for Comparative Criminology, University of Montreal

Angélica Ospina-Escobar

Angélica Ospina-Escobar

International Crisis Group, Mexico, Conahcyt

Amaury Fierro Gonzalez

Amaury Fierro Gonzalez

Senior Partner, Tavistock Risk Lab, Lecturer on Intelligence, National Institute of Public Administration (Mexico)

Debra LaPrevotte

Debra LaPrevotte

A Nation for Thieves Podcast

Kimberly Donovan

Kimberly Donovan

Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center

Prof. Mark N. Katz

Prof. Mark N. Katz

Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government

Talks

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

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

Expert networks addressing TOC

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
Livia Wagner David Kaplan Carolina Sampó 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 Phyllis Dininio Sasha Jesperson Simon Mills

Graphic narratives of organised crime, gender and power in Europe

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

The private sector and organized crime

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

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

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

Organized corruption: Manifestations, impact and remedies

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

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

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

Criminal gangs

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

Organised crime in France

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

Organized crime during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

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

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 Héctor Carrillo Laura-Lee Gillion Elba Chacon

Criminal networks

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

Organized crime and urban violence

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

Organized crime in Brazil

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

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

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

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

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

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

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

Governance and redistribution of criminal assets

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

Narco-terrorism in South Asia

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

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
Lucas da Silva Almeida Khamal Patterson Kumail Jillisger R. V. Gundur

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

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