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.

Teun van Ruitenburg

Teun van Ruitenburg

Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement

Karin van Wingerde

Karin van Wingerde

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Andrea Varsori

Andrea Varsori

Lecturer in Criminology, University of Huddersfield

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado

Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado

Ana Velasco

Ana Velasco

Women In International Security

Martin Verrier

Martin Verrier

RUSI

Christian Vianna de Azevedo

Christian Vianna de Azevedo

Maurício Vieira

Maurício Vieira

University for Peace

Miss Isabella Voce

Miss Isabella Voce

Senior Research Analyst, Australian Institute of Criminology

Ivana Vujovic

Ivana Vujovic

Juventas, Juventas

Livia Wagner

Livia Wagner

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Summer Walker

Summer Walker

GI-TOC

Laurie Wdowiak

Laurie Wdowiak

Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Fr)

Dr James Windle

Dr James Windle

Lecturer in Criminology, University College Cork

Dr Michael Woodiwiss

Dr Michael Woodiwiss

Ling Xu

Ling Xu

Director, TRAFFIC China

Yuliya Zabyelina

Yuliya Zabyelina

The University of Alabama

Damián Zaitch

Damián Zaitch

Utrecht University

Oswaldo Zavala

Oswaldo Zavala

Professor, City University of New York (CUNY)

Veronica Zubillaga

Veronica Zubillaga

Universidad SimonBolivar, Universidad SimonBolivar

Ugljesa (Ugi) Zvekic

Ugljesa (Ugi) Zvekic

Ambassador, Senior Advisor, GI-TOC

Dr Ledion Krisafi

Dr Ledion Krisafi

Independent

Talks

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

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

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
Simon Mills Phyllis Dininio Brooke Stearns Lawson Jonathan Bhalla Sasha Jesperson

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
Yuliya Zabyelina Thi Hoang Caterina Paternoster Daan van Uhm Kimberley L. Thachuk Marco Dugato

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

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

Organized corruption: Manifestations, impact and remedies

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

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

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

Criminal gangs

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

Organised crime in France

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

Organized crime during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

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

Los Plebes - Young people working for Mexican Cartels

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

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

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

Criminal networks

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

Organized crime and urban violence

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

Organized crime in Brazil

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

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

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

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

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

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

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

Organized crime - terrorism nexus

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

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

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