War and conflict
Replacing Armed Governance: the Challenge of ‘Total Peace’ in Colombia
Contrary to common thought, warzones are not always disorderly scenarios without rules. In most cases, the ways in which citizens must behave in a warzone to avoid being punished is very clear. However, in these afflicted territories it is often the armed groups, and not the states, who largely determine…
Rescue or Risk: ‘Volunteerism’ and Human Trafficking Risks in Ukraine
The Russia-Ukraine war has spurred, alongside a rise in escaping refugees to neighbouring countries, an increase in ad-hoc volunteerism through ‘at the border’ aid agencies. Often lacking formal identification or supervision, there is increased potential that the presence of these entities increases the risk of human trafficking as the war…
Dr Leo Lin
Institution: University of Glasgow
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Fraud, Gangs, Intelligence, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Policing, Terrorism, Threat assessment, War and conflict
Marco Codispoti
Area of Expertise: Corruption, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Financial flows, Gangs, Intelligence, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Nuclear smuggling, Policing, Terrorism, Threat assessment, Trafficking in cultural property, War and conflict, Wildlife and forest crime
Genevieve Kotarska
Institution: Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)
Area of Expertise: Drug trafficking, Threat assessment, War and conflict
Elijah Glantz
Institution: Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)
Area of Expertise: Corruption, Firearms, Threat assessment, War and conflict
Dr Chamila Liyanage
Institution: Global Network on Extremism and Technology
Area of Expertise: Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Disruption, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Fraud, Fraudulent medicine, Gangs, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organ trafficking, State control, Terrorism, Threat assessment, War and conflict
Carlos Alberto Barrera Franco
Institution: Mexican Institute for Strategic Studies in National Security and Defence
Area of Expertise: Discourse, Firearms, Intelligence, Policing, Threat assessment, War and conflict