Money laundering
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…
Illegal Wildlife Trade’s ‘Frenemy’: Navigating the implications of China’s BRI Expansion in West Africa
Can China become an asset in the fight against illegal wildlife trade (IWT)? With the construction of the Chinese-financed and built Lekki Deep Sea Port in Nigeria, China continues to expand into West Africa as part of its Blue Economic Passage project, an aspect of the larger Belt and Road…
Ben Scott
Institution: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Criminal networks, Disruption, Financial flows, Intelligence, Law, Money laundering
Dr Yarin Eski
Area of Expertise: Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Discourse, Drug trafficking, Financial flows, Firearms, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, IUU fishing, Mafia, Maritime crime and piracy, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Nuclear smuggling, Organ trafficking, Policing, State control, Terrorism, Trafficking in cultural property, War and conflict, Wildlife and forest crime
Prof Liz Campbell
Institution: University of Durham
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Corruption, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Law, Money laundering
Raphael Maretto
Area of Expertise: Criminal networks, Data analytics, Discourse, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Financial flows, Firearms, Fraud, Gangs, Intelligence, Mafia, Maritime crime and piracy, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Nuclear smuggling, Policing, Prisons, Recruitment, State control, Terrorism, Threat assessment, Use of technology by criminals, War and conflict
Mark Nuttall
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal careers, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Discourse, Disruption, Drug prevention, treatment and care, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Financial flows, Firearms, Fraud, Fraudulent medicine, Gangs, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, Intelligence, Law, Mafia, Maritime crime and piracy, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organised immigration crime, Policing, State control, Terrorism, Threat assessment, Trafficking in cultural property, Use of technology by criminals, War and conflict, Wildlife and forest crime