This international meeting aims to bring together researchers working in the study of criminal behaviours of a transnational nature, transnational mobilities and the development of forms of international and transnational political and cross-border surveillance, involving the Atlantic and connecting Europe, the Americas and Africa, during the 19th and 20th centuries. This congress aims to contribute to the expansion and deepening of the historiographical debate surrounding the transnational movement of people and the surveillance of international crime in the Atlantic axis.

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Proposals should follow the following thematic axes:

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• Forms of transnational criminal behaviour, such as economic-financial crimes, counterfeit currency, human trafficking, drugs and weapons, etc.

• National, imperial and international control and surveillance on migration and mobility.

• Internationalization of political, technical and public debates around the criminal question.

• Development of forms of international police cooperation, such as information sharing schemes, exchange and international circulation of police officers and development of international policing institutions.

• Development of forms of international judicial cooperation, such as international legal discussion associations, development of cooperation mechanisms between judicial systems and international development of common judicial policies.

• Expansion of political surveillance by state agents and cooperation in terms of combating political movements such as anarchism and communism.

• Non-governmental surveillance mechanisms developed, for example, by civil society groups, banks and other private companies.

• Activities developed by international institutions such as the League of Nations, the United Nations or the International Criminal Court.​

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Paper proposals may be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English and must include the author's name, institutional affiliation, the title of the proposal, the abstract (maximum 500 words), three keywords, a biographical note (maximum 200 words) and electronic contact. Proposals must be sent by January 31, 2025 to the following email: congressocrivimo.cincra@gmail.com. Papers may be presented in Portuguese, Spanish or English.