environmental crime

Environmental crimes can be broadly defined as illegal acts which directly harm the environment. They include: illegal trade in wildlife; smuggling of ozonedepleting substances (ODS); illicit trade in hazardous waste; illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing; and illegal logging and the associated trade in stolen timber.

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.

Jay Albanese

Jay Albanese

Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

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

Professor Tim Edmunds

Professor Tim Edmunds

University of Bristol

Karen Laidler

Karen Laidler

Director, Centre for Criminology, University of Hong Kong

Riikka Puttonen

Riikka Puttonen

UNODC, UNODC

Dr. Mercedes Rosello

Dr. Mercedes Rosello

Senior Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University

John Scanlon

John Scanlon

Chair, Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime

Professor Anna Sergi

Professor Anna Sergi

University of Essex

Dina Siegel

Dina Siegel

Utrecht University, Utrecht University / CIROC

Professor Nigel South

Professor Nigel South

University of Essex

Olivia Swaak-Goldman

Olivia Swaak-Goldman

Executive Director, Wildlife Justice Commission

Kimberley L. Thachuk

Kimberley L. Thachuk

Daan van Uhm

Daan van Uhm

Utrecht University

Amanda Whitfort

Amanda Whitfort

Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Professor Tanya Wyatt

Professor Tanya Wyatt

Northumbria University

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Institute for Security Studies

Abimbola Adebakin CPT

Abimbola Adebakin CPT

CEO, Advantage Health Africa

Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi

Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi

Nigeria Organizer, VUMA.EARTH

Dwi N. Adhiasto

Dwi N. Adhiasto

Senior Technical Advisor, SCENTS (Science for Endangered and Trafficked Species) Foundation

Ana Carolina Alfinito

Ana Carolina Alfinito

Amazon Watch

Dr Michelle Anagnostou

Dr Michelle Anagnostou

University of Oxford

Andrey Anisimov

Andrey Anisimov

Irkutsk institute, Irkutsk branch of The all-Russian state university of justice

Ngum Awah F. Faith

Ngum Awah F. Faith

Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC)

Matthew Baird

Matthew Baird

Director, Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law

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Talks

Towards a ‘blue’ criminology: How should we study transnational organised crime at sea?

01 December 2021, 01:00 PM

Scott Edwards

Nigel South

Anna Sergi

Tim Edmunds

Mercedes Rosello

Organised oil crime in Nigeria. The Delta paradox: Organised criminals or community saviours?

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM

Omolara Balogun

Oluwole Ojewale

Robin Cartwright

The private sector and organized crime

01 December 2021, 04:00 PM

Daan van Uhm

Caterina Paternoster

Kimberley L. Thachuk

Thi Hoang

Yuliya Zabyelina

Marco Dugato

Above and below the waterline: Combating illegal take and trade of marine and terrestrial species through a new global agreement on wildlife crime

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM

Jorge Caillaux

Lishu Li

Tanya Wyatt

John Scanlon

Daniel Kachelriess

Alice Pasqualato

Cars, gold, and territories: Trends of organized crime in Brazil

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM

Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança

Carolina Grillo

Luiz Guilherme Paiva

Gabriel Feltran

Janaina Maldonado

Organized environmental crimes

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM

Willis Okumu

Juneseo Hwang

Meredith Gore

Yuliya Zabyelina

Organized crime and animals

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM

Aitor Ibáñez Alonso

Daan van Uhm

Andrea Stefanus

Online intermediaries and illicit trafficking: Addressing the illicit online trade in cultural property, wildlife and falsified medical products

02 December 2021, 07:00 AM

Dmitry Orlov

Neil Brodie

Abimbola Adebakin

Ling Xu

Riikka Puttonen

Tech against the illegal wildlife trade

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM

Debayan Deb

Louise Taylor

Wahyu Nurbandi

Tanya Suri

Theo Clement

Simone Haysom

Toxic trading – How to investigate and prosecute waste trafficking: An interactive demonstration

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM

John Dourlay

Matthew Baird

Flavia Romiti

Illicit Economies in Asia: Changes, effects and futures

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM

Cassandra Cross

Karen Laidler

Amanda Whitfort

Emiline Smith

Li-Fung Cho

Katie Lowe

The illicit mining and trade of extractives in Africa

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM

Kiran Pereira

Oluwole Ojewale

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Mohamed Daghar

Green-collar crimes and the illegal wildlife trade in Europe

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM

Teresa Lappe-Osthege

George Iordachescu

Rosaleen Duffy

Organized crime in Africa

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Stephen Musau

Mohamed Daghar

Derica Lambrechts

King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA

Erzuah Nvidah

An analytical approach to fauna crimes

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM

Jay Albanese

Juneseo Hwang

Mark Gibson

Dwi N. Adhiasto

Alessia Massari

Paxton Mayer

Experiencing environmental crime: An indigenous perspective

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM

Siria Gastelum

Leandro Janamejoy

Ismael Ocen

Diana Siller

Tanvi Khanna

Behavioural issues in environmental crimes and the need for change

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM

Ulhas Gondhali

Felix Morrow

Virginia Comolli

Daan van Uhm

Mark Gibson

Andrey Anisimov

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM

Kingsley Madueke

Freedom Onuoha

Lyes Tagziria

Eleanor Beevor

Mouhamadou Kane

Environmental defenders

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM

Delon Omrow

Peter Stoett

Karla Mendes

Julius Kaka

Organized environmental crimes and effective policy measures in Indian subcontinent

14 October 2022, 05:30 AM

Hasantha Kaushalya

Abhiroop Chowdhury

Tarini Mehta

Ulhas Gondhali

Arvind Kumar Chaurasia

Security and conservation: The politics of the illegal wildlife trade

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM

Rosaleen Duffy

Erica Von Essen

Angus Nurse

Tanya Wyatt

Convergence - The organised and serious nature of wildlife crimes & how to combat them

14 October 2022, 01:00 PM

Olivia Swaak-Goldman

Juliana Ferreira

John Scanlon

Annette Hübschle

Daniel Kachelriess

Amazon underworld: crime and corruption in the shadows of the world’s largest rainforest

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM

Ana Paula Oliveira

Livia Wagner

Ana Carolina Alfinito

Bram Ebus

Cyber Ecoviolence: Illegal Wildlife Trade on the Internet

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM

Peter Stoett

Phillip Cassey

Michelle Anagnostou

John Scanlon

Delon Omrow

Environmental Crimes and its Impact to the Indigenous populations – Cases of Fiji, PNG and Vanuatu

19 October 2023, 02:30 AM

Natasha Khan

Tevita Naikasowalu

Eugene Mondu

Marik Waoute Patrick

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