In this episode Ian speaks to key figures from the Brazilian government and civil society to understand the impacts of environmental crimes on the Amazon, and why Brazil has been leading the charge for a new protocol to address these threats under the UNTOC.

Speakers:

• Gustavo Carneiro, Deputy Coordinator for the fight against transnational crimes, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Melina Russo, Research Director, Igarapé Institute

Presenter:

Ian Tennant, Director of Multilateral Engagement, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Links:

(Article) When ‘why?’ becomes ‘why not?’: The case for a new global framework to tackle environmental crime

UN-TOC Watch

ECO-SOLVE

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

This episode kicks off a mini-series looking at a new protocol to the UNTOC on environmental crimes, with a conversation with Simone Haysom, GI-TOC's Director of Environmental Crimes, to explore why a new protocol is needed and what impacts it could have.

Presenter: Ian Tennant, Director of Multilateral Engagement, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Guest: Simone Haysom, Director of Environmental Crime, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Links:

(Article) When ‘why?’ becomes ‘why not?’: The case for a new global framework to tackle environmental crime

UN-TOC Watch

ECO-SOLVE

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

In this episode, Ian speaks to three civil society grantees of the Resilience Fund, who attended the most recent UN Crime Commission in May. Anna Romandash, Noor Azizha and Lucie Andrea Gutiérrez speak about their experiences at the local level, and why the next Crime Congress should pay heed to their and others plight, in order to better build community resilience to organized crime

Speakers:

Anna Romandash, Resilience Fund grantee (Ukraine)

Noor Azizha, Resilience Fund grantee (Myanmar)

Lucie Andrea Gutiérrez, Resilience Fund grantee (Colombia)

Presenter: Ian Tennant, Director of Multilateral Engagement, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Resilience Fund