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Tuesday Reitano is the deputy director at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, a Geneva-based expert network. She has undertaken extensive research and analysis on the role of smugglers in irregular migration, and has co-authored with Peter Tinti, a book recently published by Hurst, “Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour“.
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We are trying to combat an industry that we refuse to properly analyze, says transnational crime expert Tuesday Reitano. She argues that more and better data could inform policies that actually reduce smugglers’ profits.
Recent U.N. summits largely ignored the $157bn industry behind mass migration, warns author Tuesday Reitano. When they did pay attention, they failed to learn the lessons of Niger and Egypt.
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