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.

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.

Jude Cocodia

Jude Cocodia

University of the Free State

Dustin Cooley

Dustin Cooley

Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan State University

Guadalupe Correa Cabrera

Guadalupe Correa Cabrera

Professor, George Mason University

Vinicius Couto

Vinicius Couto

Federal University of Minas Gerais

Debayan Deb

Debayan Deb

President & CEO, LENS, Inc.

Taciana Santos de Souza

Taciana Santos de Souza

University of Campinas

Danielle Dionísio

Danielle Dionísio

Michelle Fabiani

Michelle Fabiani

University of New Haven, Connecticut USA

Serena Favarin

Serena Favarin

Gabriel Feltran

Gabriel Feltran

UFSCar

Edoardo Fiora

Edoardo Fiora

Director, K2 Integrity

Carolina Grillo

Carolina Grillo

Assistant Professor, Fluminense Federal University

Victor Guerra PhD, M.Sc., LL.M

Victor Guerra PhD, M.Sc., LL.M

Cremades Calvo-Sotelo

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

Maria Jofre

Maria Jofre

Transcrime

Nathan P. Jones

Nathan P. Jones

Sam Houston State University

Mouhamadou Kane

Mouhamadou Kane

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Xavier L’Hoiry

Xavier L’Hoiry

University of Sheffield

Leo Lin

Leo Lin

Chamila Liyanage

Chamila Liyanage

Network Member, SHOC Network, Royal United Services Institute

Talks

Illicit product counterfeit markets: Examining stakeholder roles and effects

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Dustin Cooley Dr. Jeremy M. Wilson Dilara Bural Branislav Hock David Shepherd

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

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

The exponential growth of counterfeit PPE and other counterfeits during the COVID pandemic: Illicit trade in the open and dark web

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Edward Huang Damon McCoy Layla Hashemi Louise Shelley

Organized crime: Human trafficking, contraband and repression

02 December 2021, 02:30 AM
Taciana Santos de Souza Maria Zuppello Mathew Charles Leo Lin

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 Neil Brodie Dmitry Orlov Abimbola Adebakin Riikka Puttonen

Tech against the illegal wildlife trade

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

Illicit Economies in Asia: Changes, effects and futures

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Li-Fung Cho Amanda Whitfort Katie Lowe Emiline Smith Cassandra Cross Karen Laidler

Cooperation against illicit trade in Latin America. The case of AMERIPOL

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Magdalena Alcocer-Vega Juan Carlos Buitrago Arias Marcos Alvar Claudette Vernot Manelich Castilla Craviotto

Ports

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Fatjona Mejdini Kristina Amerhauser Ruggero Scaturro Anna Sergi

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Kingsley Madueke Freedom Onuoha Mouhamadou Kane Eleanor Beevor Lyes Tagziria

Illicit markets

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Nicolas Santiago Lien Khamal Patterson Bret Windhauser Felia Allum Katie A. Paul

Detecting and disrupting counterfeit supply chains: Illicit trade of pharmaceuticals and PPE on the open and dark web

13 October 2022, 11:30 PM
Edward Huang Damon McCoy Louise Shelley Layla Hashemi

Illicit trade

14 October 2022, 05:30 AM
Maria Zuppello Luca Maiotti Danielle Dionísio Sabrina Medeiros Serena Favarin Toine Spapens

Emerging transatlantic maritime threats - converging flows and actors

14 October 2022, 01:00 PM
Sasha Jesperson Martin Verrier Marija Atanaskova Rune Henriksen

The victims of ‘victimless’ crimes: consequences of trafficking in special commodities

18 October 2023, 05:30 PM
Kate Melody Burmon Emiline Smith Michelle Fabiani Angus Nurse

Illicit markets

18 October 2023, 10:00 PM
Maria Jofre Helidth Ravenholm Chamila Liyanage Edoardo Fiora Rashmi Singh

Global Approaches on State Fragility & Organized Crime (UPEACE, 2023)

18 October 2023, 11:30 PM
Megan Capp Jude Cocodia Maurício Vieira Fausto Carbajal-Glass Vinicius Couto

Fentanyl and Third Gen Gangs Latin America

19 October 2023, 01:00 AM
Guadalupe Correa Cabrera John P. Sullivan Nathan P. Jones Daniel Weisz Argomedo

Landscape in Latin America of Interinstitutional Cooperation against illicit trade. Are we reaching a positive goal?

19 October 2023, 02:30 AM
Juan Carlos Buitrago Arias Claudette Vernot Maurício Vieira Victor Guerra

Book presentation: Ticket Touting and the Black Market

31 October 2024, 08:30 AM
Alessandro Moretti Xavier L’Hoiry