Marcena Hunter

Director of Extractives The Global initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Marcena is the Director of Extractives at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, which she has been with since 2013. While the extractives portfolio and Marcena’s work has covered a wide scope of material and geographic spread, the current extractives portfolio focuses on gold-related crime, associated illicit financial flows, impacts from criminal activity in the extractives sector and development impacts and responses to organized crime. Geographically, Marcena’s work and the GI-TOC extractives portfolio covers Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as supply chains and financial flows linking Europe, the Middle East and North America. Marcena’s past work includes analysing migration flows, access to justice, and gender issues, as well as providing guidance on security sector and criminal justice reform. She holds a BA from the University of Denver and a JD from Washington and Lee School of Law

2024 Agenda Sessions

Securing a future for West Africa: How artisanal and small-scale mining can be part of the solution

The region is facing a nexus of challenges in governance, pressures from climate change and rapid population growth and expanding terrorist activity.
There is a complex relationship between the artisanal and small-scale mining sector and conflict and criminality in west africa that requires solutions that go beyond repression and recognize the sectors importance and potential to local and regional development.
ASM is a critical source of livelihoods in the region and can be an instrument for peacebuilding and ensuring a secure future for the region if properly managed.
The sectors importance will only become more significant as environmental and social pressures increase.
Criminal exploitation of the gold sector and its linkages to conflict are fostered by persistent and widespread informality and lack of support for informal miners and gold traders.

Tuesday 06 February 13:00 - 13:45 Stewards Stage

Sustainability Series

Add to calendar 02/06/2024 13:00 02/06/2024 13:45 Securing a future for West Africa: How artisanal and small-scale mining can be part of the solution

The region is facing a nexus of challenges in governance, pressures from climate change and rapid population growth and expanding terrorist activity.
There is a complex relationship between the artisanal and small-scale mining sector and conflict and criminality in west africa that requires solutions that go beyond repression and recognize the sectors importance and potential to local and regional development.
ASM is a critical source of livelihoods in the region and can be an instrument for peacebuilding and ensuring a secure future for the region if properly managed.
The sectors importance will only become more significant as environmental and social pressures increase.
Criminal exploitation of the gold sector and its linkages to conflict are fostered by persistent and widespread informality and lack of support for informal miners and gold traders.

Stewards Stage Africa/Johannesburg

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