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.

María Alejandra Vélez

María Alejandra Vélez

Director CESED, Los Andes University

Mr Manuel Alejandro Vélez Salas

Mr Manuel Alejandro Vélez Salas

Deputy Research Director, Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano

Martin Verrier

Martin Verrier

RUSI

Maurício Vieira

Maurício Vieira

University for Peace

Livia Wagner

Livia Wagner

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Aline Wani

Aline Wani

Co-Director, Visibility for Transformation Lab (VIFT)

Rebecca Wickes

Rebecca Wickes

Griffith University

Sonja Wolf

Sonja Wolf

CIDE

Damián Zaitch

Damián Zaitch

Utrecht University

Fernando Zarabozo

Fernando Zarabozo

European Center for Security Studies “George Marshall”

Oswaldo Zavala

Oswaldo Zavala

Professor, City University of New York (CUNY)

Veronica Zubillaga

Veronica Zubillaga

Universidad SimonBolivar, Universidad SimonBolivar

Maria Zuppello

Maria Zuppello

freelance investigative reporter, MILITANT WIRE

Talks

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

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

Organized crime during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

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

Assistance to victims of trafficking in persons

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

Los Plebes - Young people working for Mexican Cartels

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

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

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

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

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

Organized crime and corruption

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

Organized crime and urban violence

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

Organized crime in Brazil

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

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
Camila Dias Veronica Zubillaga Sérgio Adorno Arturo Alvarado Mendoza

Intelligence and its role on countering transnational organised crime

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

Critical review of Mexico’s security policy

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

Organized crime: Human trafficking, contraband and repression

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

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

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

Resilience as a prevention mechanism: Colombia

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

Ports

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

Environmental defenders

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

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

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

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

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

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

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

Gender violence and organised crime in Mexico

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

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

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

Women in OCGs Latin America

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