Late in 2013 the UK underwent a third major organisational overhaul to further re-invigorate its countering of serious and organised crime. Most far-ranging concerns boil down to the targeting of threats and towards the prioritisation of tasks, in particular the understanding of when, where and...
Threat assessment
SHOC Workshop Summary – Serious and Organised Crime: The Threat to the UK and Our Strategic Response
As the government undertakes a review of its Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, SHOC organised a workshop to allow policymakers and practitioners to draw on research conducted by academics since the publication of the existing Strategy four years ago.
Organised in collaboration with...
“Serious organised crime” can be a confusing thing. It is a concept which lumps together such diverse issues as drugs, cybercrime, money laundering and modern slavery; it incorporates everything from highly structured organised crime groups, to urban street gangs and online child exploitation...
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...
Lars H. Bergqvist is a Master Mariner, a Reserve Officer in the Royal Swedish Navy and a former United Nations Military Observer, with peacekeeping experience from the Middle East and the Balkans. Captain Bergqvist is a subject matter expert in maritime security, terrorism and piracy, with...
Fausto is a researcher and consultant on political risk and security. He holds a Master's degree in War Studies from King's College London, where he focused on strategic theory, counterinsurgency and strategic communications. His professional career has been mainly in the Mexican government,...
Helena Carrapico joined Aston University in September 2014 as a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations. Her research focuses on European Union Justice and Home Affairs, and is comprised of two strands. The first regards specific policy fields within Justice and Home Affairs, namely...
Dr. Rebecca Coleman is a lecturer in Policing and Criminal Investigation at UCLan, and is a member of UCLan’s Criminal Justice Partnership. She is also seconded to Lancashire Constabulary as a researcher for the evidence based policing hub.
Rebecca studied Psychology at the University 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...
Adam Edwards is Reader in Politics and Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. He directed the UK Economic and Social Research Council’s first research project on ‘Transnational Organised Crime’ (1999 – 2001), the findings of which were published as Transnational...