drug trafficking

Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws.

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.

Dr Reychad Abdool

Dr Reychad Abdool

African Union

Bernice Auma Apondi

Bernice Auma Apondi

VOCAL- Kenya

Li-Fung Cho

Li-Fung Cho

Lecturer, University of Hong Kong Department of Sociology

Associate Professor Cassandra Cross

Associate Professor Cassandra Cross

Queensland University of Technology

Anine Kriegler

Anine Kriegler

University of Cape Town

Karen Laidler

Karen Laidler

Director, Centre for Criminology, University of Hong Kong

Maria-Goretti Loglo

Maria-Goretti Loglo

Africa Consultant, IDPC

Professor Anna Sergi

Professor Anna Sergi

University of Essex

Dina Siegel

Dina Siegel

Utrecht University, Utrecht University / CIROC

Amanda Whitfort

Amanda Whitfort

Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Adriana Abdenur

Adriana Abdenur

Executive Director, Plataforma CIPÓ

Victor Akpan

Victor Akpan

Marcos Alan Ferreira

Marcos Alan Ferreira

Associate Professor, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

Dr Etannibi Alemika

Dr Etannibi Alemika

Professor of Criminology, N/A

Déborah Alimi

Déborah Alimi

Felia Allum

Felia Allum

Polis, University of Bath

Jose Pablo Ampudia

Jose Pablo Ampudia

Columbia University

Concepción Anguita Olmedo

Concepción Anguita Olmedo

Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Marco Antonelli

Marco Antonelli

Scuola Normale Superiore

Marija Atanaskova

Marija Atanaskova

RUSI Europe

Mariano Bartolomé

Mariano Bartolomé

Ved Baruah

Ved Baruah

Stefano Becucci

Stefano Becucci

University of Florence

Eleanor Beevor

Eleanor Beevor

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Professor Virginia Berridge

Professor Virginia Berridge

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Talks

Drugs and development debate in Africa - Drugs and Development Hub

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
Bernice Auma Apondi Dr Reychad Abdool Anine Kriegler John Collins Maria-Goretti Loglo Anna Paus

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

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

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

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

Comparative perspectives on illicit crop economies and non-punitive rural drug policies

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Maria López-Uribe María Alejandra Vélez David Restrepo Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

Regulation of smuggling and circulation of drugs in China and India: A historical review

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Ved Baruah Ya-kai Wang Yun Huang

The exponential growth of counterfeit PPE and other counterfeits during the COVID pandemic: Illicit trade in the open and dark web

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Damon McCoy Edward Huang Louise Shelley Layla Hashemi

Expanding beyond cocaine: Rising polycriminality along the ‘cocaine route’

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM
Alejandro Lerch Martin Verrier Marija Atanaskova Sasha Jesperson

Organized crime and drugs in the Netherlands

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM
Karin van Wingerde Lieselot Bisschop Roland Moerland Hans Nelen

Illicit Economies in Asia: Changes, effects and futures

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Katie Lowe Emiline Smith Li-Fung Cho Amanda Whitfort Karen Laidler Cassandra Cross

Drug markets in Ireland and Scotland: Problems and possible solutions?

02 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Jack Nolan Tony Duffin Fiona Gilbertson DAVE LIDDELL Sheelagh Brady

Africa and drugs: Rewriting the tale? Presenting the forthcoming JIED Special issue on drugs markets and policies in Africa

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM
Daniel Brombacher Bernice Auma Apondi Déborah Alimi Clemence Rusenga Charity Monareng

Organized crime in the UK

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM
Ella Cockbain Francisco Garcia Stan Gilmour Felia Allum

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Kingsley Madueke Lyes Tagziria Freedom Onuoha Mouhamadou Kane Eleanor Beevor

Transforming the war on drugs: Victims, warriors, and vulnerable regions

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Carlos Pérez Ricart Juan Carlos Garzón Vergara Mónica Serrano John Pokoo Annette Idler

Legalizing the drug wars: A regulatory history of UN drug control

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
Virginia Berridge John Collins Déborah Alimi William McAllister

The illogic character of drug trafficking: Counterintuitive routes and strategies

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
Christian Vianna de Azevedo Carolina Sampó Anna Sergi Josefina Salomon Luca Raineri

Cocaine hoppers: Nigerian international cocaine trafficking

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Victor Akpan Damián Zaitch Jude Roys Oboh Stefano Becucci

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Luis Daniel Vazquez Michael Chamberlin Mónica Meltis Gabriel Mondragón Toledo Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Olivia Leon

Legal regulation of drugs: A policy to transform the state and organized criminal organizations

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Nazlee Maghsoudi David Restrepo Zara Snapp Amaya Ordorika

Trying to make it the enterprises, gangs, and people of the American drug trade

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Guadalupe Correa Cabrera Christian Bolden R. V. Gundur Rebecca Wickes Tim Lauger

Drugs trafficking

14 October 2022, 08:30 AM
Anthony Morgan Deborah Manzi Marco Antonelli Toine Spapens Dina Siegel

What's hiding in the shadows? Insights from comparative research on illicit drug trafficking

14 October 2022, 01:00 PM
Ruggero Scaturro Erica Marat Gulzat Botoeva

Narcas, The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels + The War on Dirty Money

18 October 2023, 01:00 PM
Mariola Marzouk Elaine Carey Deborah Bonello Tristram Hicks

Invisible women in drug economies and gender sensitive drug policies

18 October 2023, 05:30 PM
Adela Llatja Nara Denilse de Araujo Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Sarah David Jennifer Fleetwood

Organized crime in Latin America

18 October 2023, 07:00 PM
Juan Corredor-Garcia Damián Zaitch Jose Pablo Ampudia Fausto Carbajal-Glass Sarah W. Hirsch