Speaking Engagements

2006 – 2010 Delivered recruit training to Metropolitan Police on Human Trafficking at The Police Recruit Training School in Hendon.

2008-2011 – Police Advisor on UNODC (United Nations) projects on Human Trafficking information training video packages.

2009 – Keynote speaker at the conference on International Human Trafficking, Chattanooga Tennessee USA.

2009 – Keynote speaker at the New Scotland Yard, London conference on Human Trafficking ‘Victim Matters’ .

2009 – Working with the Legatum Institute in the UK – Promoting Liberty and an expansive understanding of global prosperity in Human Trafficking.

2009 – Police Advisor on Jassy Mackenzie’s Human Trafficking Novel ‘Stolen Lives’.

2010 – University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. Conducted a series of workshops with the crime faculty delivering training on international crime trends and Human Trafficking.

2010 – Keynote speaker at the ‘Stop The Traffik’ Human Trafficking conference in the United Kingdom.

2010 – Delivered training to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Ukrainian Prosecutors in Lviv, Ukraine.

2010 – Keynote Speaker at Bryan College, Tennessee, USA Human Trafficking Global Plight.

Featured in the US State Dept “Trafficking in Persons” Report.

2011 – Police Advisor on BBC film ‘Stolen’ staring Daiman Lewis.

2011 – Delivered a training program with Finish Ministry of Justice and Russian Prosecutors on Joint Investigation Teams and Best Evidence and Video Conference/links Evidence.

2011 – Conducted training with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Ukrainian Prosecutors in Kiev, Ukraine.

2011 – Keynote speaker on Human Trafficking, Child Trafficking to The Nordic and Baltic Network of Police in Tallinn, Estonia.

6 & 7th September 2011, 29th International Symposium on Economic Crime, Jesus College Cambridge. www.crimesymposium.org “Victim Matters” and “Op Golf Implications on International Crime”

Sweden September 2011 – Keynote speaker  at conference CEPOL (Europol Training School)

November 1 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Keynote speaker on “Not in Georgia” Conference_Agenda Atlanta

Chattanooga,  USA 3rd November lecturing in Government and Politics.

Paris 26th November. UNODC trainers conference.

2012

Sept 2012 Press Association, 292 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1AE

30 Oct 2012

Berry College, Georgia. The Worlds Largest College Campus. Contemporary World Issues. Conflict and Cooperation in World Politics and What should the Law do? Oxbridge Lecture Series. Honors Program.
Rome High School, Georgia Law and Justice.

31st Oct
Georgia State University, Atlanta Criminal Justice and Criminology :- Crime Typologies.

1st November 2012

Bryan College, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Human Trafficking Global Problem.

2nd November 2012

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Patton Chapel. Perspectives on International Crime.

Feb 2013

Press Association, 292 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1AE. Roddy and Andy Desmond present Two Continents of Trafficking.

April 2013

Toronto Dominion Bank Global Anti Money Laundering Conference. Guest Speaker:-  “Is Human Trafficking Anything To Do With Us?”

October 2013

Swiss Anti Human Trafficking Week. Key note speaker at Basel Conference. “Thinking Outside of the Box” and “The Victim Matters”

Discussion panel for Film ‘Anna in Switzerland’

October 2013

Bern O.I.M. Launch of the Labyrinth by Dutch artist Marion van der Zwaan and Film of the weeks events with comments from Key Note Speakers.

November 2013

Press Association, Victoria. Press Training Module

March 2014

Press Association, Victoria. Press Training Module.

“Roddy, just wanted to say a big thank you for your fantastic lecture at London Press Association on Monday. It was hugely informative, inspiring and left all of our trainee journalists wanting much more. You are educating the next generation of the Press in such an important area that is usually hidden and mostly misunderstood.”
Andrew Kelly
Head of London Foundation Course
Press Association Training

 

March 2016

Lectured to Masters Degree Course, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, Portsmouth University. MSc Crime Science, Investigation and Intelligence. Run by Dr Brian Chappell. MBE.

Investigation Strategies on Human Trafficking cases.

March 2016 – 2017 Advisor on Matt Johnsons Fictional Human Trafficking Account ‘Deadly Games’

June 2016 Dyfed Powys Police, Detectives Sergeants ISDP Course Carmarthen, S Wales. Control Strategies, in Human Trafficking Investigations & decision making.

Sept 2017 Symposium on ‘The Representation of Transnational Human Trafficking in present-day news media, true crime, and fiction’

Oct 2017  Basel Canton, Switzerland, launch of Human Trafficking 2 year plan http://18oktober.ch/de/aspekte-der-strafverfolgung

Thursday, October 26, 2017 – 14:00 to 17:00 Place: Rathaus, Grossratssaal, Marktplatz,  Basel Organizers: Justice and Security Department Basel-Stadt and Verein Trafficking.ch Three lectures – three aspects of investigation or prosecution.A retired investigator from New Scotland Yard,A border guard officer and A public prosecutor from Basel City report on their trafficking activities.