OC24 Podcast Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

The Director of GITOC, Mark Shaw, will discuss his new book Breaking the Bombers: How the Hunt for PAGAD Created a Crack Police Unit. This talk touches on the features, implications, and risks associated with vigilantism, as well as the most effective responses within the framework of the rule of law, aiming to reduce violence and curtail criminal activities.
Speakers
Mark Shaw, Director, GI-TOC
Vusumzi Pikoli, Africa Board member and Senior Advisor - GITOC
Elrena Van Der Spuy, University of Cape Town
Romain Le Cour Grandmaison, Senior Expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Dr Etannibi Alemika, Professor of Criminology


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The practice of ‘cuckooing’, where vulnerable people have their homes taken over, has generated significant policy and practice attention across the UK over the last ten years. While not exclusively, this has often been associated with the workings of illicit drug markets, with connections made to the activities of organised crime and the supply model known as ‘county lines’. Involving a range of researchers who have recently completed or are currently engaged with studies on this area, this roundtable discussion will provide an opportunity for critically reflecting on the current state of knowledge about cuckooing and how it should be understood. In addition, speakers will consider the practical implications of their findings for informing, critiquing and improving better responses. Finally, consideration will be given to what a future research agenda on this area might look like. 
Speakers
Dr Rose Broad, University of Manchester
Simon Harding, University of West London
Dr Laura Bainbridge, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, University of Leeds
Prof Stephen. J. Macdonald, Durham University
Jack Spicer, University of Bath


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This panel will discuss the main issues with illegal natural resources export and illegal tourism as well as the criminal activities, in relation to “China's mafia invasion” of the East Siberia region which was historically linked to the Silk Road. They will then talk about criminal law versus environmental direct action in democratic societies with the aim to redefine the socially acceptable boundaries of environmental direct actions through a lens of green criminology and ecological democracy. They will also explore the uniqueness of transnational environmental crimes since transnational criminal organizations accrue substantial profits through the pillaging of the Earth's flora and fauna, threatening its ecosystems and endangering the survival of various states and (non-)human communities. Finally, they discuss the convergence of wildlife crime with other illicit flows in 10 Eastern and Southern African countries. 
Speakers
Andrey Anisimov, Irkutsk institute, Irkutsk branch of The all-Russian state university of justice. Assistant Professor of the department of criminal procedure and forensic science at the Irkutsk branch of The all-Russian state university of justice
Juneseo Hwang, Lecturer, Sungkonghoe University
Alastair Nelson, Conservation Synergies and GI-TOC. Thirty years experience leading field programs in conservation and counter wildlife crime work in the Horn of Africa, East and southern Africa.
André Duffles Teixeira Aranega, Bachelor's and Master's degree in International Relations by the Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio).
Radha Barooah, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime


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This Roundtable Discussion will examine the question of how organized crime and political militancy interact in the Indian context. It will look at the role of mafia syndicates in perpetrating international terrorism, and will focus on Mumbai’s D-Company and drug gangs along the India-Pakistan border. The Mumbai bombings of 1993, which were carried out by D-Company, remain perhaps the strongest example of a crime-terror convergence but their sheer destructiveness has tended to make them an outlier case. This Roundtable will set the example of D-Company in perspective, by looking at the broader geopolitical and socio-economic context within which criminals turn to political violence. 
Speakers
Junaid Qureshi, Director European Foundation for South Asian Studies
Geeta Datta, News 9 Plus
Dr. Prem Mahadevan, Specialised in research on organised crime, intelligence and irregular warfare.
Kartikeya Tripathi, University College London
Michela Mutovciev, Research Analyst, European Foundation for South Asian Studies


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This Roundtable Discussion will examine the interplay between politics and economics in the frontier peripheries and urban heartlands of Pakistan.
Speakers
Junaid Qureshi, Director European Foundation for South Asian Studies
Dr. Prem Mahadevan, Specialised in research on organised crime, intelligence and irregular warfare.
Taha Siddiqui, The Dissident Club, An award winning investigative Pakistani journalist in exile living in France
Ayesha Siddiqa Agha, King’s College London
Francesca Marino, Journalist/Independent Expert
Niels Verster, European Foundation for South Asian Studies


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During this session, panellists will discuss the latest developments, challenges, and outlooks on Southeast Asia's drug trade, alongside UNODC’s ongoing support to enhance cross-border collaboration and information sharing. The region's drug trade has been marked by a decade of growth in the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs, particularly methamphetamine. While seizures of the drug returned to pre-COVID-19 levels with nearly 151 tons seized in 2022, the market has evolved considerably. At frontline border crossings, detecting and investigating illicit trafficking requires that officers have advanced expertise in identifying and analyzing substances, and the ability to readily collaborate with their counterparts. 
Speakers
Esteban Felipe De La Torre, UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Magali Vennin, UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Naoki Sugano, UNODC ROSEAP Criminal Justice Team
Inshik Sim, UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific


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