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

Anna Sergi

Mercedes Rosello

Tim Edmunds

Scott Edwards

Nigel South

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

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM

Robin Cartwright

Oluwole Ojewale

Omolara Balogun

The private sector and organized crime

01 December 2021, 04:00 PM

Daan van Uhm

Yuliya Zabyelina

Kimberley L. Thachuk

Marco Dugato

Caterina Paternoster

Thi Hoang

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

Tanya Wyatt

John Scanlon

Daniel Kachelriess

Lishu Li

Alice Pasqualato

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

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM

Gabriel Feltran

Janaina Maldonado

Luiz Guilherme Paiva

Carolina Grillo

Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança

Organized environmental crimes

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM

Juneseo Hwang

Meredith Gore

Yuliya Zabyelina

Willis Okumu

Organized crime and animals

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM

Daan van Uhm

Andrea Stefanus

Aitor Ibáñez Alonso

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

Riikka Puttonen

Dmitry Orlov

Abimbola Adebakin

Neil Brodie

Tech against the illegal wildlife trade

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM

Wahyu Nurbandi

Tanya Suri

Debayan Deb

Simone Haysom

Theo Clement

Louise Taylor

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

Katie Lowe

Amanda Whitfort

Li-Fung Cho

Karen Laidler

Cassandra Cross

Emiline Smith

The illicit mining and trade of extractives in Africa

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM

Mohamed Daghar

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Oluwole Ojewale

Kiran Pereira

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

Mohamed Daghar

Stephen Musau

Erzuah Nvidah

Derica Lambrechts

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA

An analytical approach to fauna crimes

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM

Dwi N. Adhiasto

Jay Albanese

Paxton Mayer

Juneseo Hwang

Mark Gibson

Alessia Massari

Experiencing environmental crime: An indigenous perspective

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM

Siria Gastelum

Leandro Janamejoy

Diana Siller

Tanvi Khanna

Ismael Ocen

Behavioural issues in environmental crimes and the need for change

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM

Felix Morrow

Virginia Comolli

Mark Gibson

Andrey Anisimov

Daan van Uhm

Ulhas Gondhali

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM

Eleanor Beevor

Mouhamadou Kane

Lyes Tagziria

Freedom Onuoha

Kingsley Madueke

Environmental defenders

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM

Karla Mendes

Delon Omrow

Julius Kaka

Peter Stoett

Organized environmental crimes and effective policy measures in Indian subcontinent

14 October 2022, 05:30 AM

Hasantha Kaushalya

Arvind Kumar Chaurasia

Tarini Mehta

Abhiroop Chowdhury

Ulhas Gondhali

Security and conservation: The politics of the illegal wildlife trade

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM

Rosaleen Duffy

Erica Von Essen

Tanya Wyatt

Angus Nurse

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

14 October 2022, 01:00 PM

John Scanlon

Juliana Ferreira

Annette Hübschle

Daniel Kachelriess

Olivia Swaak-Goldman

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

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM

Ana Carolina Alfinito

Livia Wagner

Ana Paula Oliveira

Bram Ebus

Cyber Ecoviolence: Illegal Wildlife Trade on the Internet

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM

Delon Omrow

Peter Stoett

Phillip Cassey

John Scanlon

Michelle Anagnostou

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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