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
Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Markus Hochmüller Romain Le Cour Grandmaison Sandra Ley Gema Kloppe-Santamaría

Organized crime during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Organized crime in Latin America: What is new?

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

Assistance to victims of trafficking in persons

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

Los Plebes - Young people working for Mexican Cartels

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

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

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

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

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

Organized crime and corruption

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

Organized crime and urban violence

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

Organized crime in Brazil

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

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

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

Criminal dynamics, illicit markets and violence in Latin America

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

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
Zara Snapp Luis Daniel Santiago Vidargas Dawn Marie Paley Oswaldo Zavala

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 Amy Chazkel Damián Zaitch Damian Platt

Resilience as a prevention mechanism: Colombia

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

Ports

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

Environmental defenders

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

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

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

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
Luis Daniel Vazquez Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Olivia Leon Gabriel Mondragón Toledo Michael Chamberlin Mónica Meltis

Gender violence and organised crime in Mexico

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

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

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

Women in OCGs Latin America

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