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

Tim Edmunds

Scott Edwards

Mercedes Rosello

Nigel South

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

Caterina Paternoster

Marco Dugato

Yuliya Zabyelina

Thi Hoang

Daan van Uhm

Kimberley L. Thachuk

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

John Scanlon

Alice Pasqualato

Jorge Caillaux

Daniel Kachelriess

Tanya Wyatt

Lishu Li

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

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM

Carolina Grillo

Janaina Maldonado

Luiz Guilherme Paiva

Gabriel Feltran

Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança

Organized environmental crimes

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM

Yuliya Zabyelina

Juneseo Hwang

Meredith Gore

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

Dmitry Orlov

Abimbola Adebakin

Ling Xu

Riikka Puttonen

Neil Brodie

Tech against the illegal wildlife trade

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM

Debayan Deb

Simone Haysom

Theo Clement

Tanya Suri

Wahyu Nurbandi

Louise Taylor

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

Li-Fung Cho

Emiline Smith

Amanda Whitfort

Cassandra Cross

Karen Laidler

Katie Lowe

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

Teresa Lappe-Osthege

George Iordachescu

Rosaleen Duffy

Organized crime in Africa

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM

Derica Lambrechts

Erzuah Nvidah

Stephen Musau

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA

Mohamed Daghar

An analytical approach to fauna crimes

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM

Paxton Mayer

Jay Albanese

Mark Gibson

Juneseo Hwang

Dwi N. Adhiasto

Alessia Massari

Experiencing environmental crime: An indigenous perspective

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM

Diana Siller

Leandro Janamejoy

Ismael Ocen

Siria Gastelum

Tanvi Khanna

Behavioural issues in environmental crimes and the need for change

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM

Virginia Comolli

Daan van Uhm

Mark Gibson

Felix Morrow

Ulhas Gondhali

Andrey Anisimov

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM

Freedom Onuoha

Lyes Tagziria

Mouhamadou Kane

Eleanor Beevor

Kingsley Madueke

Environmental defenders

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM

Peter Stoett

Karla Mendes

Julius Kaka

Delon Omrow

Organized environmental crimes and effective policy measures in Indian subcontinent

14 October 2022, 05:30 AM

Arvind Kumar Chaurasia

Hasantha Kaushalya

Abhiroop Chowdhury

Ulhas Gondhali

Tarini Mehta

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

Daniel Kachelriess

John Scanlon

Juliana Ferreira

Annette Hübschle

Olivia Swaak-Goldman

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

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM

Ana Paula Oliveira

Ana Carolina Alfinito

Livia Wagner

Bram Ebus

Cyber Ecoviolence: Illegal Wildlife Trade on the Internet

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM

Peter Stoett

Phillip Cassey

John Scanlon

Delon Omrow

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

Eugene Mondu

Marik Waoute Patrick

Tevita Naikasowalu

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