The US Congress Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the so-called ‘Helsinki Commission’ has worked in Washington since 1976 to monitor compliance with the 1975...
Illicit cigarettes and tobacco
The plan to introduce 10 freeports across the UK after Brexit has drawn attention in recent weeks. Introducing these provenly risky ‘special economic zones’ sits uneasily alongside the UK’s wider efforts to ramp up the fight against economic crime.
Delivering on one of...
With growing evidence pointing to convergence in criminal activities, and the emergence of fluid criminal networks with transient membership, it is time to consider whether the UK’s approach to tackling organised crime is suitably matched to the threats it faces.
In 2014 the...
Stefano Betti is an expert on transnational criminal law and policy. In addition to being Senior Advisor at the Siracusa Institute, he collaborates with several UN entities including the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN Interregional...
Jay S. Albanese is a professor in the Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received the Ph.D. from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University. Dr. Albanese served as Chief of the International Center at the National Institute of...
As Visiting Professor Urban & Maritime Security Research Group, operationalise research by reflecting on experience and expertise from 30 years law enforcement with a focus on Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism. As former Head of OCCT in Scotland, developed and built a command structure...
Ephraim Ehrhardt is the Head of Financial Crime Compliance Change & Controls Programme for Standard Chartered Bank, UK and Europe. He is a former Head of Financial Crime and Controls at Barclays UK. He holds experience across multiple sectors and Industries, with a paritulcar focus in Anti-...
Dr Yarin Eski is an assistant professor in Public Administration at the Knowledge Hub Security and Social Resilience (KVV) of the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam.
His research and teaching includes courses and theoretical, methodological and empirical papers on (maritime) security,...
Alexandra Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. She has research expertise in pharmaceutical crime, drug trafficking, counterfeit markets, technology-facilitated crime, and global supply chains. Previous research projects have focused on the...
Honorable Isak Barow Isak is a politican and experienced security expert based in Somalia with more than 10 years of extensive experience in the Humanitarian environment. He is a counter- terrorism and organised crime specialist, with experience in intelligence analysis, security sector reform,...