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.

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

Alessandro Moretti

Alessandro Moretti

University of Copenhagen

Wahyu Nurbandi

Wahyu Nurbandi

Research consultant, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Angus Nurse

Angus Nurse

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

Helidth Ravenholm

Helidth Ravenholm

Consultant, Culture Contact

Dr. Nicolas Santiago Lien

Dr. Nicolas Santiago Lien

Posdoctoral Research UFSCar

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

Dr Louise Shelley

Dr Louise Shelley

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

Dr. Rashmi Singh

Dr. Rashmi Singh

PUC Minas

Emiline Smith

Emiline Smith

Lecturer, University of Glasgow

Toine Spapens

Toine Spapens

John P. Sullivan

John P. Sullivan

Instructor, University of Southern California

Tanya Suri

Tanya Suri

LENS Corporation

Lyes Tagziria

Lyes Tagziria

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Talks

Illicit product counterfeit markets: Examining stakeholder roles and effects

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

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

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM
Gabriel Feltran Janaina Maldonado Luiz Guilherme Paiva Ana Carolina Haliuc Bragança 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
Layla Hashemi Damon McCoy Edward Huang Louise Shelley

Organized crime: Human trafficking, contraband and repression

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

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 Ling Xu Riikka Puttonen Neil Brodie Abimbola Adebakin

Tech against the illegal wildlife trade

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

Illicit Economies in Asia: Changes, effects and futures

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

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

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

Ports

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

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

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

Illicit markets

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

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

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

Illicit trade

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

Emerging transatlantic maritime threats - converging flows and actors

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

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

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

Illicit markets

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

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

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

Fentanyl and Third Gen Gangs Latin America

19 October 2023, 01:00 AM
Guadalupe Correa Cabrera Nathan P. Jones John P. Sullivan 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
Claudette Vernot Maurício Vieira Victor Guerra Juan Carlos Buitrago Arias

Book presentation: Ticket Touting and the Black Market

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