Speakers
This year's virtual conference will feature a diverse group of subject matter experts from Canada, the United States, and the more. Read more about each speaker below.
Anastasia Koklas (Montreal police service)
Sergeant Anastasia Koklas has been with the Montreal Police Service for 16 years. She has spent the majority of her career investigating cases implicating gangs, guns and narcotics in specialized units. She is currently a Field Intelligence Officer where her main focus is in Montreal Street Gangs and their connections with organized crime groups.
DR. ANNA SERGI
Anna Sergi holds a PhD in Sociology (2014), with specialisation in Criminology, from the University of Essex, where she currently is an Associate Professor. She specialises in organised crime and comparative criminal justice and, more recently, drug importations through seaports.
Jill Paterson
(Combined forces special enforcement unit BC)
Jill Paterson is currently a Strategic Intelligence Analyst with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC) working primarily on Gangs and Organized Crime and the Provincial Targeting Enforcement Priorities (PTEP) process.
Peter Jadczyk & Lucas Kortbeek
(Alberta law enforcement response team & Calgary Police service)
Detective Peter Jadczyk currently works on identifying and tracing the proceeds of international criminal organizations for the provincially-funded Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team.
Lucas Kortbeek is a Constable for the Calgary Police Service. In 2020, he transferred to the Guns and Gangs unit. Cst. Kortbeek was the primary investigator on Operation Mad Money.
Jason Conboy (Homeland Security)
In 2012, Special Agent Conboy opened a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office in Hendersonville, North Carolina and began working complex investigations related to child exploitation, the dark web, cryptocurrency, and money laundering.
Bob McCleary
(OPP, Ottawa police service)
Detective McCleary is a court qualified expert witness in the area of outlaw motorcycle clubs and has provided testimony regarding the Hells Angels, Outlaws, Red Devils, Iron Dragons, Red Line and Black Pistons during various judicial proceedings.
Rob Johnston
(Ontario provincial police)
D/S/Sgt. Rob Johnston is currently the Operations Manager for the Asian Organized Crime Task Force (AOCTF) in the City of Toronto, Ontario. The task force comprises of members from the Toronto Police Service, York Regional Police, Canada Border Services Agency and the Ontario Provincial Police. AOCTF focuses on organized crime syndicates that prey upon Canadian Asian communities in the Greater Toronto Area.
PETER EDWARDS
(tHE TORONTO STAR)
Peter Edwards is the author of 10 non-fiction books on organized crime, including The Wolfpack: the Millennial Mobsters who brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld, with journalist Luis Horacio Nájera, which will be published October 26, 2021 by Random House.
Jason reynolds
(TORONTO POLICE SERVICE)
Detective Constable Jason Reynolds has been a police officer for the past 21 years. He began his career in 31 Division (Jane and Finch area of Toronto) where he gained experience in the Criminal Investigations Bureau and Major Crime Unit. Between 2010 and 2012, he was assigned to the Guns and Gangs Task Force and since 2016, he has been assigned to the Human Trafficking Enforcement team.