Wildlife crime: The soft underbelly of organised crime
Join our online side event at the Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) on 16 October 2020 at 10h00 CEST.
Wildlife crime is believed to intersect with other transnational organised crimes such as drugs, arms, and human trafficking.
How can intelligence analysis lead to a greater understanding of crime convergence?
This high-level side event is part of the Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC), which will take place 12-16 October, 2020.
Panel members will discuss how the cross-cutting nature of wildlife crime can present multiple entry points for law enforcement engaged against organised crime.
The event will be moderated by Jorge Ríos, Chief of Global Programme Wildlife and Forest Crimes, UNODC and presented by Olivia Swaak-Goldman, Executive Director, Wildlife Justice Commission.
Panel members:
- Sarah Stoner, Director of Intelligence, Wildlife Justice Commission.
- Cpt. Jan Čapek, Czech Environmental Inspectorate, General Directorate of Customs, Investigation Section, CITES and Environmental Matters.
- Giovanni Broussard, Regional Coordinator (Asia), Global Programme Wildlife and Forest Crimes, UNODC.
- Nelson Cheng, Former Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations) of the Hong Kong Police.