Money laundering
Understanding the Female Wildlife Offender: Lessons from the Case Files
Closed case reviews indicate that gender norms might be as harmful as they are helpful in understanding female involvement in wildlife crime, with better evidence needed to inform enforcement strategies. The role of women in relation to wildlife crime is viewed through a lens of localised gender norms, social conventions…
Raluca-Ioana MOCANU
Institution: University of Bucharest
Area of Expertise: Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Discourse, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Fraud, Gangs, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, Law, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organ trafficking, Prisons, Recruitment, State control, Terrorism, Trafficking in cultural property, Wildlife and forest crime
Dr Leo Lin
Institution: University of Glasgow
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Fraud, Gangs, Intelligence, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Policing, Terrorism, Threat assessment, War and conflict
Merium Mable Sodala
Institution: Malawi Revenue Authority
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Contraband / counterfeit products, Financial flows, Fraud, Intelligence, Money laundering
Dr Chamila Liyanage
Institution: Global Network on Extremism and Technology
Area of Expertise: Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Disruption, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Fraud, Fraudulent medicine, Gangs, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organ trafficking, State control, Terrorism, Threat assessment, War and conflict
Iisa Kosonen
Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science
Area of Expertise: Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Drug trafficking, Fraud, Gangs, Intelligence, IUU fishing, Mafia, Maritime crime and piracy, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Policing, Terrorism, Threat assessment, War and conflict, Wildlife and forest crime
Our Friends, the Oligarchs: Financial Crime, Foreign Influence and Democracy
Germany’s attempts to penetrate the United Kingdom with spy networks in World War Two were spectacularly unsuccessful. Hastily recruited assets rushed across the Channel were spotted because of their broken English, thick accents and ignorance of pub closing times. Of the 115 German agents deployed to the U.K. during the…
Conservation NGOs can Boost Financial Investigations into Illegal Wildlife Trade – An Opportunity for Cross-Sector Collaboration
In recent years, academic research on the frequency of financial investigations into illegal wildlife trade (IWT) has been growing, both in volume and in strength of voice. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) regularly publishes reports on the movements of profits from IWT, and the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) – the…