24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime

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.

Dr Teresa Lappe-Osthege

Dr Teresa Lappe-Osthege

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sheffield

Lishu Li

Lishu Li

Jade Lindley

Jade Lindley

Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia

Charlotte Looram

Charlotte Looram

University of Western Australia

Dr Sarah Lothian

Dr Sarah Lothian

Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong

Katie Lowe

Katie Lowe

Post Doctoral Fellow, HKU

Kingsley Madueke

Kingsley Madueke

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Janaina Maldonado

Janaina Maldonado

German Institute for Global and Area Studies/Universität Hamburg

Danielle Marais

Danielle Marais

Stellenbosch University

Anna Markovska

Anna Markovska

Anglia Ruskin University, Anglia Ruskin University

Alessia Massari

Alessia Massari

University of Milan

Paxton Mayer

Paxton Mayer

PhD Candidate, International Affairs, Carleton University

Rafael Mazoni

Rafael Mazoni

PUC Minas, FJP, SEJUSP

Ysaac Chavely Mbile Nguema

Ysaac Chavely Mbile Nguema

Youth Intra Dialogue on Europe and Africa (Y-IDEA)

Angela Me

Angela Me

UNODC

Dr Tarini Mehta

Dr Tarini Mehta

Karla Mendes

Karla Mendes

Brazil Contributing Editor, Mongabay

Eugene Mondu

Eugene Mondu

Forest Restoration Project Director

Felix Morrow

Felix Morrow

Researcher, OceansAsia

Stephen Musau

Stephen Musau

Tevita Naikasowalu

Tevita Naikasowalu

The Ba Ironsands Project

Alastair Nelson

Alastair Nelson

Conservation Synergies and GI-TOC

Wahyu Nurbandi

Wahyu Nurbandi

Research consultant, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Angus Nurse

Angus Nurse

Erzuah Nvidah

Erzuah Nvidah

Senior Analyst, Dataking Research Lab, Dataking Consulting

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Talks

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

01 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Nigel South Tim Edmunds Mercedes Rosello Anna Sergi Scott Edwards

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
Marco Dugato Caterina Paternoster Yuliya Zabyelina Daan van Uhm Thi Hoang 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
Jorge Caillaux Daniel Kachelriess John Scanlon Alice Pasqualato Lishu Li Tanya Wyatt

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

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM
Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança Janaina Maldonado Luiz Guilherme Paiva Carolina Grillo Gabriel Feltran

Organized environmental crimes

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Willis Okumu Yuliya Zabyelina Juneseo Hwang Meredith Gore

Organized crime and animals

02 December 2021, 05:30 AM
Andrea Stefanus Aitor Ibáñez Alonso Daan van Uhm

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

02 December 2021, 07:00 AM
Neil Brodie Riikka Puttonen Abimbola Adebakin Ling Xu Dmitry Orlov

Tech against the illegal wildlife trade

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM
Wahyu Nurbandi Theo Clement Tanya Suri Louise Taylor Simone Haysom Debayan Deb

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 Emiline Smith Amanda Whitfort Karen Laidler Li-Fung Cho Katie Lowe

The illicit mining and trade of extractives in Africa

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Abdelkader Abderrahmane Oluwole Ojewale Kiran Pereira 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
Derica Lambrechts Erzuah Nvidah Abdelkader Abderrahmane King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA Stephen Musau Mohamed Daghar

An analytical approach to fauna crimes

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM
Juneseo Hwang Jay Albanese Dwi N. Adhiasto Alessia Massari Paxton Mayer Mark Gibson

Experiencing environmental crime: An indigenous perspective

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM
Tanvi Khanna Siria Gastelum Leandro Janamejoy Diana Siller Ismael Ocen

Behavioural issues in environmental crimes and the need for change

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM
Virginia Comolli Felix Morrow Ulhas Gondhali 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 Mouhamadou Kane Lyes Tagziria Eleanor Beevor

Environmental defenders

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Julius Kaka Delon Omrow Karla Mendes Peter Stoett

Organized environmental crimes and effective policy measures in Indian subcontinent

14 October 2022, 05:30 AM
Arvind Kumar Chaurasia Ulhas Gondhali Tarini Mehta Abhiroop Chowdhury Hasantha Kaushalya

Security and conservation: The politics of the illegal wildlife trade

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM
Angus Nurse Tanya Wyatt Erica Von Essen Rosaleen Duffy

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

14 October 2022, 01:00 PM
Juliana Ferreira Olivia Swaak-Goldman John Scanlon Daniel Kachelriess Annette Hübschle

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

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM
Ana Carolina Alfinito Bram Ebus Livia Wagner Ana Paula Oliveira

Cyber Ecoviolence: Illegal Wildlife Trade on the Internet

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM
Delon Omrow Michelle Anagnostou Peter Stoett Phillip Cassey John Scanlon

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

19 October 2023, 02:30 AM
Marik Waoute Patrick Tevita Naikasowalu Eugene Mondu Natasha Khan

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