Tuesday Reitano

Tuesday Reitano is the Deputy Director at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (www.globalinitiative.net) and a senior research advisor at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, where she leads five organized crime observatories in Africa. I was formerly the director of CT MORSE, an independent policy and monitoring unit for the EU’s programmes in counter-terrorism, and for 12 years was a policy specialist in the UN System, including with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Development Group (UNDG) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). In this time, I have amassed a wealth of experience in fragile states and development working both with states, civil society and at the community level to strengthen resilience to transnational threats, promote sustainable development and the rule of law. I have authored a number of policy orientated and academic reports with leading institutions such as the UN, World Bank and OECD on topics ranging from organized crime’s evolution and impact in Africa, on human smuggling, illicit financial flows, and the nexus between crime, terrorism, security and development. I hold three Masters Degrees in Business Administration (MBA), Public Administration (MPA) and an MSc in Security, Conflict and International Development (MSc). I am the proud wife of Carlo, a senior official with the United Nations, and mother of Giorgio and Valentina, two clever and curious young people who want to make the world a better place. We I split our time between Beirut, Lebanon and Geneva, Switzerland.