Members

The project 'Green Crimes and Joint Crime Ventures: Laundering Natural Resources' (GREENLAUND, for short) has as its members:

Prof. dr. Daan van Uhm is Professor of Environmental Crime and Associate Professor of Criminology (Open University/Utrecht University), specializing in Green Criminology. He has conducted research on various forms of environmental crime, including illegal mining in Latin America, wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia, deforestation in Central Africa, and the criminalization of ecocide. Daan van Uhm obtained his PhD in Criminology at Utrecht University in 2016 (The Illegal Wildlife Trade: Inside the World of Poachers, Smugglers and Traders, Springer). In 2018 he received the Veni grant of the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for his research project 'The Diversification of Organized Crime into the Illegal Trade in Natural Resources' and in 2022 the ERC Starting Grant (European Research Council) for the research project 'Green Crimes and Joint Crime Ventures: Laundering Natural Resources'. Van Uhm primarily focuses on research in the context of green crimes and harms. 

Eliode Bakole is a PhD candidate at Willem Pompe Institute of Utrecht University, Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance. His PhD research focuses on Rhino Horn laundering in South Africa, part of GREENLAUND. Eliode holds a master's degree in Conflicts Analysis and Inclusive Development from Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda and a bachelor’s degree in Environment and Sustainable Development at ISD-Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His master's thesis focused on Biodiversity Conservation and the Involvement of Indigenous People, the Batwa, in the Virunga National Park in Congo (Nuffic-funded 3C project; NICHE-GLR-264; 2017-2020) on Natural Resource Management and Conflict Resolution. He is a co-author of the article ‘Illegal trade in natural resources: charcoal and timber trade in Eastern DRC’. In 2023, Eliode Bakole contributed to the implementation of target 3 of the agenda 30x30 of the Global Biodiversity Framework, Kunming-Montreal, as an IUCN consultant in DRC.

Esmée Stek is a PhD candidate at Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, affiliated with Utrecht University. She obtained her bachelor’s in sociology with honours at the University of Amsterdam and her master’s in global criminology cum laude at Utrecht University. Within the Green Laundering project, she focuses on gold extraction and laundering in Suriname. With her background in sociology and criminology and expertise in conflict sociology, crimes of the powerful and green criminology, she aims to shed light on the societal structures and power dynamics responsible for the occurrence of gold-related environmental degradation and laundering practices.

Mariyam Jameelah is a PhD candidate at the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University. She focuses on environmental crime, particularly green laundering of timber in Indonesia. With a strong background in forensic psychology, she integrates her knowledge of psychology and law to tackle complex issues at the intersection of environmental and criminal justice. Mariyam is also the founder of Resister Indonesia, an organization dedicated to advancing discussions on gender, politics, and social justice. Before transitioning into academia, Mariyam worked as a journalist in Indonesia, where she covered pressing social and environmental issues. She holds a Master of Arts in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, with a specialization in human rights and social justice.