Session Two: Transnational Organised Crime


Dr Keith Ditcham, Senior Research Fellow, Organised Crime and Policing, RUSI, chairs the second session of the conference: Cross-border security - criminal markets, weapons, and drug trafficking: How can Latin American states more effectively combat transnational organised crime?

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Session Two

Cross-border security - criminal markets, weapons, and drug trafficking: How can Latin American states more effectively combat transnational organised crime?

  • How can human insecurity in Latin America’s border areas be best tackled?
  • Which forms of organised crime are having the most damaging effect on the region’s states?
  • How can illegal markets for weapons be thwarted?
  • What are the consequences of the expansion of drug trafficking within the region?

 

Chair: Dr Keith Ditcham, Senior Research Fellow, Organised Crime and Policing, RUSI

Speakers

  • Dr Annette Idler, Director of the Global Security Programme, Oxford University
  • Mr Martin Verrier, Former Deputy Secretary for Drug Enforcement, Government of Argentina
  • Dr Diorella Islas, Former Deputy Director of Research, Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, Government of Mexico
  • Antonio Sampaio, Senior Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

SESSION CHAIR

Dr Keith Ditcham

External Author | Former RUSI Senior Research Fellow

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