illicit trade & counterfeits

Counterfeiting of identification documents, CDs, DVDs, software, medicines, weapons, food products, clothing and cigarettes has grown significantly in recent years, largely due to advances in technology and the ease of movement of these goods around the world. The involvement of organized criminal groups in the production and distribution of counterfeit goods is well documented and they operate across national borders in activities that include the manufacture, export, import and distribution of illicit goods.

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Felia Allum

Felia Allum

Polis, University of Bath

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

Dr Branislav Hock

Dr Branislav Hock

Institute of Criminal Justice Studies (ICJS)

Karen Laidler

Karen Laidler

Director, Centre for Criminology, University of Hong Kong

Riikka Puttonen

Riikka Puttonen

UNODC, UNODC

Professor Anna Sergi

Professor Anna Sergi

University of Essex

Dr David Shepherd

Dr David Shepherd

Senior Lecturer, University of Portsmouth

Amanda Whitfort

Amanda Whitfort

Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Dr. Jeremy M. Wilson

Dr. Jeremy M. Wilson

Professor, Michigan State University

Abimbola Adebakin CPT

Abimbola Adebakin CPT

CEO, Advantage Health Africa

Magdalena Alcocer-Vega

Magdalena Alcocer-Vega

Universidad Anáhuac México, Universidad Anáhuac México

Marcos Alvar

Marcos Alvar

Kristina Amerhauser

Kristina Amerhauser

GI-TOC

Marija Atanaskova

Marija Atanaskova

RUSI Europe

Eleanor Beevor

Eleanor Beevor

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Dr Neil Brodie

Dr Neil Brodie

University of Oxford

Brig. Gen Juan Carlos Buitrago Arias

Brig. Gen Juan Carlos Buitrago Arias

Dilara Bural

Dilara Bural

Manelich Castilla Craviotto

Manelich Castilla Craviotto

Mathew Charles

Mathew Charles

Universidad del Rosario

Theo Clement Ph.D

Theo Clement Ph.D

Global Initiative

Dustin Cooley

Dustin Cooley

Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan State University

Debayan Deb

Debayan Deb

President & CEO, LENS, Inc.

Taciana Santos de Souza

Taciana Santos de Souza

University of Campinas

Danielle Dionísio

Danielle Dionísio

Serena Favarin

Serena Favarin

Gabriel Feltran

Gabriel Feltran

UFSCar

Carolina Grillo

Carolina Grillo

Assistant Professor, Fluminense Federal University

Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança

Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança

Ministério Público Federal (Federal Prosecution Service - Brazil)

Layla Hashemi

Layla Hashemi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, TraCCC

Simone Haysom

Simone Haysom

Senior Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Rune Henriksen

Rune Henriksen

Forsetyr Ltd

Edward Huang

Edward Huang

George Mason University, George Mason University

Sasha Jesperson

Sasha Jesperson

RHIPTO Norwegian Center for Global Analyses

Mouhamadou Kane

Mouhamadou Kane

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Leo Lin

Leo Lin

Katie Lowe

Katie Lowe

Post Doctoral Fellow, HKU

Kingsley Madueke

Kingsley Madueke

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Luca Maiotti

Luca Maiotti

Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Janaina Maldonado

Janaina Maldonado

German Institute for Global and Area Studies/Universität Hamburg

Damon McCoy

Damon McCoy

Associate Processor, New York University, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Sabrina Medeiros

Sabrina Medeiros

Fatjona Mejdini

Fatjona Mejdini

Director, South Eastern Europe Observatory

Wahyu Nurbandi

Wahyu Nurbandi

Research consultant, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Dr Freedom Onuoha

Dr Freedom Onuoha

Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Dmitry Orlov

Dmitry Orlov

Luiz Guilherme Paiva

Luiz Guilherme Paiva

LAUT, Centre for the Analysis of Liberty and Authoritarianism

Khamal Patterson

Khamal Patterson

Assistant Director- IDEA Task Force, The University of Mississippi, Center for Air and Space Law

Katie A. Paul

Katie A. Paul

Dr. Nicolas Santiago Lien

Dr. Nicolas Santiago Lien

Posdoctoral Research UFSCar

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

GI-TOC

Dr Louise Shelley

Dr Louise Shelley

Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Endowed Chair and a University Professor, George Mason University

Emiline Smith

Emiline Smith

Lecturer, University of Glasgow

Toine Spapens

Toine Spapens

Tanya Suri

Tanya Suri

LENS Corporation

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Louise Taylor

Louise Taylor

GI-TOC, GI-TOC

Claudette Vernot

Claudette Vernot

DIRECTOR, ESTRATEGIA JURIDICA

Martin Verrier

Martin Verrier

RUSI

Bret Windhauser

Bret Windhauser

The Quad Preparatory School

Ling Xu

Ling Xu

Director, TRAFFIC China

Maria Zuppello

Maria Zuppello

freelance investigative reporter, MILITANT WIRE

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