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.

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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 Anna Paus Dr Reychad Abdool Anine Kriegler John Collins Maria-Goretti Loglo

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

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

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

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

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
Louise Shelley Damon McCoy Edward Huang Layla Hashemi

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

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

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

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

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

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

Organized crime and drugs in the Netherlands

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

Illicit Economies in Asia: Changes, effects and futures

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

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

02 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Tony Duffin Fiona Gilbertson DAVE LIDDELL Jack Nolan 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
Déborah Alimi Charity Monareng Bernice Auma Apondi Clemence Rusenga Daniel Brombacher

Organized crime in the UK

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

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

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

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

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

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

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

The illogic character of drug trafficking: Counterintuitive routes and strategies

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

Cocaine hoppers: Nigerian international cocaine trafficking

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

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

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

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

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

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

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

Drugs trafficking

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

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

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

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

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

Invisible women in drug economies and gender sensitive drug policies

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

Organized crime in Latin America

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