Mediterranean Dialogues, Rome 2019, ISPI

‘Along Remote Routes: Countering Illicit Trafficking in the Broader Mediterranean’, Panellist, Mediterranean Dialogues, 5 December 2019, Rome, ISPI.

Benefitting from the porousness of regional frontiers, multiple and heterogeneous actors are carrying out their illicit trades to ensure the constant flow of humans and goods, arms and drugs.  The panel discussed questions such as:

• What are the main causes and drivers of illicit trades?

• Which are the most relevant illicit traffics in the Enlarged Mediterranean Region? 

• How is illicit trafficking evolving?

• How can we identify key smuggling routes? How do they function?

Chair: Mark MICALLEF, Senior Fellow, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GITOC)

Pannelists:

• 􏰅  Christine GRAU Head of Division, Migration and Human Security in the Human Rights, Global and Multilateral Issues Department, European External Action Service

• 􏰅  Dominique LAPPRAND, General Secretary, Association Combating Illicit Trade (ALCCI), France

• 􏰅  Alexandria REID, Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), UK

• 􏰅  Piotr STRYSZOWSKI, Senior Economist, OECD

Watch a short clip on YouTube here.