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.

David Restrepo

David Restrepo

Dr. ir. Jude Roys Oboh

Dr. ir. Jude Roys Oboh

Hanna Rozhkova

Hanna Rozhkova

Advisor at the Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Dr Clemence Rusenga

Dr Clemence Rusenga

Research Associate, University of Bristol

Josefina Salomon

Josefina Salomon

Journalist/Researcher

Carolina Sampó

Carolina Sampó

Associate Researcher, Conicet, Argentina

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

Mónica Serrano

Mónica Serrano

Mark Shaw

Mark Shaw

Director, GI-TOC

Dr Louise Shelley

Dr Louise Shelley

Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Endowed Chair and a University Professor, George Mason University

Ayesha Siddiqa Agha

Ayesha Siddiqa Agha

King’s College London

Taha Siddiqui

Taha Siddiqui

The Dissident Club

Inshik Sim

Inshik Sim

UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Emiline Smith

Emiline Smith

Lecturer, University of Glasgow

Zara Snapp

Zara Snapp

Co-founder, Instituto RIA

Barbara Souto

Barbara Souto

Toine Spapens

Toine Spapens

Naoki Sugano

Naoki Sugano

UNODC ROSEAP Criminal Justice Team

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Kartikeya Tripathi

Kartikeya Tripathi

University College London

Margarita Valle Mariscal de Gante

Margarita Valle Mariscal de Gante

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Elrena Van Der Spuy

Elrena Van Der Spuy

University of Cape Town

Karin van Wingerde

Karin van Wingerde

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Luis Daniel Vazquez

Luis Daniel Vazquez

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Mauricio Velasquez

Mauricio Velasquez

Associate Professor, Andes University | School of Government

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Talks

Drugs and development debate in Africa - Drugs and Development Hub

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM

Anine Kriegler

Dr Reychad Abdool

Bernice Auma Apondi

Maria-Goretti Loglo

John Collins

Anna Paus

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM

Karine Bertrand

Marie Jauffret-Roustide

Laurie Wdowiak

Déborah Alimi

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM

Concepción Anguita Olmedo

Marcos Alan Ferreira

Adriana Abdenur

Carolina Sampó

Andrea Oelsner

Mariano Bartolomé

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

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM

Maria López-Uribe

Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

David Restrepo

María Alejandra Vélez

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

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

Edward Huang

Damon McCoy

Louise Shelley

Layla Hashemi

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

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM

Martin Verrier

Alejandro Lerch

Marija Atanaskova

Sasha Jesperson

Organized crime and drugs in the Netherlands

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM

Karin van Wingerde

Roland Moerland

Hans Nelen

Lieselot Bisschop

Illicit Economies in Asia: Changes, effects and futures

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM

Amanda Whitfort

Cassandra Cross

Li-Fung Cho

Katie Lowe

Emiline Smith

Karen Laidler

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

02 December 2021, 01:00 PM

Jack Nolan

Sheelagh Brady

Fiona Gilbertson

DAVE LIDDELL

Tony Duffin

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

Daniel Brombacher

Clemence Rusenga

Bernice Auma Apondi

Organized crime in the UK

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM

Francisco Garcia

Stan Gilmour

Felia Allum

Ella Cockbain

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM

Freedom Onuoha

Mouhamadou Kane

Eleanor Beevor

Kingsley Madueke

Lyes Tagziria

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

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM

John Pokoo

Juan Carlos Garzón Vergara

Carlos Pérez Ricart

Mónica Serrano

Annette Idler

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

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM

John Collins

Déborah Alimi

Virginia Berridge

William McAllister

The illogic character of drug trafficking: Counterintuitive routes and strategies

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM

Luca Raineri

Anna Sergi

Carolina Sampó

Christian Vianna de Azevedo

Josefina Salomon

Cocaine hoppers: Nigerian international cocaine trafficking

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM

Jude Roys Oboh

Stefano Becucci

Damián Zaitch

Victor Akpan

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM

Mónica Meltis

Gema Kloppe-Santamaría

Michael Chamberlin

Gabriel Mondragón Toledo

Olivia Leon

Luis Daniel Vazquez

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

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM

David Restrepo

Zara Snapp

Nazlee Maghsoudi

Amaya Ordorika

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

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM

Tim Lauger

R. V. Gundur

Rebecca Wickes

Christian Bolden

Guadalupe Correa Cabrera

Drugs trafficking

14 October 2022, 08:30 AM

Dina Siegel

Deborah Manzi

Toine Spapens

Anthony Morgan

Marco Antonelli

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

Tristram Hicks

Deborah Bonello

Mariola Marzouk

Elaine Carey

Invisible women in drug economies and gender sensitive drug policies

18 October 2023, 05:30 PM

Adela Llatja

Sarah David

Cecilia Farfán-Méndez

Nara Denilse de Araujo

Jennifer Fleetwood

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

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