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

Felia Allum

Felia Allum

Polis, University of Bath

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

Dr. Cecilia Farfán-Méndez

Dr. Cecilia Farfán-Méndez

Head of Security Research Programs, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California San Diego

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

Jose Pablo Ampudia

Jose Pablo Ampudia

DAI

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

Talks

Drugs and development debate in Africa - Drugs and Development Hub

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

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 crime in Latin America: What is new?

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

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 Layla Hashemi Edward Huang Damon McCoy

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

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

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

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

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

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

Organized crime and drugs in the Netherlands

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

Illicit Economies in Asia: Changes, effects and futures

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

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

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

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 Bernice Auma Apondi Clemence Rusenga Daniel Brombacher Charity Monareng

Organized crime in the UK

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

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

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

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
William McAllister Déborah Alimi Virginia Berridge John Collins

The illogic character of drug trafficking: Counterintuitive routes and strategies

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

Cocaine hoppers: Nigerian international cocaine trafficking

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

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

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

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

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

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

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

Drugs trafficking

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

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

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

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

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

Invisible women in drug economies and gender sensitive drug policies

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

Organized crime in Latin America

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