Latin America & Caribbean

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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.

Elizabeth SAENZ

Elizabeth SAENZ

Liaison Officer Geneva, UNODC

André Duffles Teixeira Aranega

André Duffles Teixeira Aranega

Zachary Porreca

Zachary Porreca

Department of Economics, West Virginia University

Mario Abrego

Mario Abrego

Veronica Zubillaga

Veronica Zubillaga

Universidad SimonBolivar, Universidad SimonBolivar

Leo Lin

Leo Lin

Oswaldo Zavala

Oswaldo Zavala

Professor, City University of New York (CUNY)

Martin Verrier

Martin Verrier

RUSI

Professor Anna Sergi

Professor Anna Sergi

University of Essex

Guadalupe Correa Cabrera

Guadalupe Correa Cabrera

Professor, George Mason University

John Dickie

John Dickie

University College London

Markus Hochmüller

Markus Hochmüller

Pembroke College Oxford

Mariano Bartolomé

Mariano Bartolomé

Marco Antonelli

Marco Antonelli

Scuola Normale Superiore

Mayra Hernandez-Figueroa

Mayra Hernandez-Figueroa

Back Home, Back Home

Carolina Grillo

Carolina Grillo

Assistant Professor, Fluminense Federal University

Andrea Varsori

Andrea Varsori

Lecturer in Criminology, University of Huddersfield

Maria Puolakkainen

Maria Puolakkainen

Graduate Student, University of Oxford

Diorella Islas

Diorella Islas

International Fellow, Women In International Security

David Restrepo

David Restrepo

Arturo Alvarado Mendoza

Arturo Alvarado Mendoza

Profesor, Centro de Estudios Sociológicos en El Colegio de Mexico

Maria Zuppello

Maria Zuppello

freelance investigative reporter, MILITANT WIRE

Amy Chazkel

Amy Chazkel

Associate Professor of History, Columbia University

Sasha Jesperson

Sasha Jesperson

RHIPTO Norwegian Center for Global Analyses

Sandra Ley

Sandra Ley

Associate Professor, CIDE

Talks

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Romain Le Cour Grandmaison Markus Hochmüller Sandra Ley

Organized crime during the COVID-19 pandemic

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Camilo Tamayo Gomez Francesca Rispoli Leo Lin Marco Antonelli Rossella Merlino

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

01 December 2021, 07:00 PM
Concepción Anguita Olmedo Adriana Abdenur Mariano Bartolomé Carolina Sampó Marcos Alan Ferreira Andrea Oelsner

Assistance to victims of trafficking in persons

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Livia Wagner Raquel Caspi Mayra Hernandez-Figueroa Gustavo Mauricio Bastien-Olvera

Los Plebes - Young people working for Mexican Cartels

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Eduardo Giralt Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Karina Garcia Reyes

Partnerships for peace: Standing up against violence one destroyed weapon at a time

01 December 2021, 08:30 PM
Montserrat Deu Pons Héctor Carrillo Laura-Lee Gillion Elba Chacon

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

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

Organized crime and corruption

01 December 2021, 10:00 PM
Fernando Zarabozo Elizabeth SAENZ Tuesday Reitano Ian Tennant

Organized crime and urban violence

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Fausto Carbajal-Glass Zachary Porreca Maria Puolakkainen Andrea Julieth Pelaez Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas

Organized crime in Brazil

01 December 2021, 11:30 PM
Gabriel Funari André Duffles Teixeira Aranega Andrea Varsori Giselle Florentino Alice Alves Casanova Camila Dias

Comparative perspectives on illicit crop economies and non-punitive rural drug policies

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Maria López-Uribe Romain Le Cour Grandmaison David Restrepo María Alejandra Vélez

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Sérgio Adorno Veronica Zubillaga Arturo Alvarado Mendoza Camila Dias

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

02 December 2021, 01:00 AM
Estefania Bernal Mario Abrego Diorella Islas Ana Velasco

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

02 December 2021, 02:30 AM
Dawn Marie Paley Oswaldo Zavala Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas Zara Snapp

Organized crime: Human trafficking, contraband and repression

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

Rio's 'jogo do bicho' [gambling] organisation: Brazil's unknown 'cosa nostra'

02 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Damian Platt John Dickie Amy Chazkel Damián Zaitch

Resilience as a prevention mechanism: Colombia

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM
Felipe Botero Ces Marianne Joshua Mitrotti Julie Peña Alejandro Cruz Juan Carlos Nieto

Ports

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

Environmental defenders

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

Criminal dynamics and exploitation of communities in Chiapas and Chihuahua, Mexico

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
Livia Wagner Diana Siller María Landa

The path to the North: Migrant smuggling in the Darien region

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
Jay Albanese Paula Tobo Mariana Botero Restrepo

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Gabriel Mondragón Toledo Olivia Leon Mónica Meltis Michael Chamberlin Luis Daniel Vazquez

Gender violence and organised crime in Mexico

13 October 2022, 11:30 PM
Nayely Iturbe Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero Yael Anahí López Daniela Cristóbal

Trying to make it the enterprises, gangs, and people of the American drug trade

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Guadalupe Correa Cabrera R. V. Gundur Rebecca Wickes Christian Bolden Tim Lauger

Women in OCGs Latin America

14 October 2022, 01:00 AM
Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Carolina Sampó Deborah Bonello Elaine Carey