OC24 Podcast

Dec 11 2023 73 ep. 66 mins 160

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Experts, analysts and scholars from around the world came together for the 24 Hour Conference on Global Organized Crime, to discuss the most fascinating research into organized crime.

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Fentanyl and Third Gen Gangs Latin America

Dec 11 2023 69 mins

This panel will assess illicit networks and fentanyl in Brazil, Mexico, and other Latin American countries using the 3rd GEN Gang literature and criminal insurgency as lenses. Fentanyl and other synthetic drugs have risen in importance and in the political rhetoric surrounding them due to high numbers of overdose deaths particularly in the United States. This panel aims to discuss

How to build an Anti-Mafia association outside Italy: methods, difficulties, successes

Dec 11 2023 68 mins

We will share our experiences in the great environment of the 24 Hours Conference on Global Organised Crime. Particularly how mafiaindanke e.V. was founded, the difficulties we encountered and how we managed to find our role in the public discourse. During the discussion, we will show the audience one possible way we can respond as a civil society that could be viable in other coun

Ndrangheta in East Germany

Dec 11 2023 63 mins

Axel Hemmerling, Ludwig Kendzia, David Klaubert and Margherita Bettoni spent three years investigating when and how the Calabrian 'ndrangheta arrived in East Germany. They looked into newspaper archives, searched property register files, used FOIAs and talked to several sources in Germany and in Italy. In the process, they came across a major, still publicly unknown police investig

Open Data for Anti-Corruption: Case Studies from Around the World

Dec 11 2023 65 mins

One of the most efficient tools for promoting transparency, accountability, and good governance is open data technology. This panel will offer examples of how open data platforms can be used effectively and will consider opportunities for expanding the use of such data to improve good governance in Southeast Asia. The panel aims to shed light on the practical applications of open d

Southeast Asia's Drug Trade: Developments and Challenges

Dec 11 2023 63 mins

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 seizur

Crime and Conflict in Pakistan

Dec 11 2023 68 mins

This Roundtable Discussion will examine the interplay between politics and economics in the frontier peripheries and urban heartlands of Pakistan. SpeakersJunaid Qureshi, Director European Foundation for South Asian StudiesDr. Prem Mahadevan, Specialised in research on organised crime, intelligence and irregular warfare. Taha Siddiqui, The Dissident Club, An award winning investiga

Drugs, Thugs and Terrorism: the experience of India

Dec 11 2023 62 mins

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 perhap

Environmental organized crime

Dec 11 2023 64 mins

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 soci

Understanding & Responding to ‘Cuckooing’

Dec 11 2023 68 mins

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�

PAGAD vigilantism and South Africa state capacity to respond to Organized Crime

Dec 11 2023 60 mins

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.SpeakersMark Shaw, Dire