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

Tim Edmunds

Anna Sergi

Nigel South

Scott Edwards

Mercedes Rosello

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

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM

Robin Cartwright

Omolara Balogun

Oluwole Ojewale

The private sector and organized crime

01 December 2021, 04:00 PM

Thi Hoang

Daan van Uhm

Kimberley L. Thachuk

Marco Dugato

Yuliya Zabyelina

Caterina Paternoster

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

John Scanlon

Tanya Wyatt

Daniel Kachelriess

Lishu Li

Alice Pasqualato

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

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM

Janaina Maldonado

Luiz Guilherme Paiva

Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança

Gabriel Feltran

Carolina Grillo

Organized environmental crimes

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM

Yuliya Zabyelina

Meredith Gore

Juneseo Hwang

Willis Okumu

Organized crime and animals

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM

Daan van Uhm

Aitor Ibáñez Alonso

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

Ling Xu

Dmitry Orlov

Abimbola Adebakin

Riikka Puttonen

Neil Brodie

Tech against the illegal wildlife trade

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM

Tanya Suri

Theo Clement

Debayan Deb

Simone Haysom

Louise Taylor

Wahyu Nurbandi

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

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM

Flavia Romiti

Matthew Baird

John Dourlay

Illicit Economies in Asia: Changes, effects and futures

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM

Amanda Whitfort

Li-Fung Cho

Emiline Smith

Katie Lowe

Cassandra Cross

Karen Laidler

The illicit mining and trade of extractives in Africa

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM

Mohamed Daghar

Kiran Pereira

Oluwole Ojewale

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Green-collar crimes and the illegal wildlife trade in Europe

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM

Rosaleen Duffy

Teresa Lappe-Osthege

George Iordachescu

Organized crime in Africa

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM

Stephen Musau

Derica Lambrechts

Mohamed Daghar

King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA

Erzuah Nvidah

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

An analytical approach to fauna crimes

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM

Juneseo Hwang

Paxton Mayer

Jay Albanese

Dwi N. Adhiasto

Mark Gibson

Alessia Massari

Experiencing environmental crime: An indigenous perspective

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM

Ismael Ocen

Leandro Janamejoy

Tanvi Khanna

Diana Siller

Siria Gastelum

Behavioural issues in environmental crimes and the need for change

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM

Mark Gibson

Andrey Anisimov

Daan van Uhm

Felix Morrow

Ulhas Gondhali

Virginia Comolli

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM

Kingsley Madueke

Lyes Tagziria

Freedom Onuoha

Eleanor Beevor

Mouhamadou Kane

Environmental defenders

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM

Karla Mendes

Peter Stoett

Julius Kaka

Delon Omrow

Organized environmental crimes and effective policy measures in Indian subcontinent

14 October 2022, 05:30 AM

Tarini Mehta

Abhiroop Chowdhury

Ulhas Gondhali

Hasantha Kaushalya

Arvind Kumar Chaurasia

Security and conservation: The politics of the illegal wildlife trade

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM

Angus Nurse

Rosaleen Duffy

Tanya Wyatt

Erica Von Essen

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

14 October 2022, 01:00 PM

Juliana Ferreira

Daniel Kachelriess

Annette Hübschle

Olivia Swaak-Goldman

John Scanlon

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

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM

Bram Ebus

Ana Carolina Alfinito

Ana Paula Oliveira

Livia Wagner

Cyber Ecoviolence: Illegal Wildlife Trade on the Internet

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM

Phillip Cassey

Peter Stoett

John Scanlon

Michelle Anagnostou

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

Eugene Mondu

Marik Waoute Patrick

Tevita Naikasowalu

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