Dr. Daan van Uhm is post-doc researcher at the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology. He conducted research on various forms of environmental crime, including wildlife trafficking, illegal mining, illegal trade in dogs and deforestation. Daan van Uhm obtained his PhD in Criminology at Utrecht University in 2016 (The Illegal Wildlife Trade: Inside the World of Poachers, Smugglers and Traders, Springer). In 2018 he received the Veni grant of the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for his research project: ‘The Diversification of Organized Crime into the Illegal Trade in Natural Resources’. Van Uhm primarily focuses on research in the context of green crimes and harms.
Daan van Uhm
Area of Expertise: Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Criminal networks, Extortion, Fraud, IUU fishing, Mafia, Wildlife and forest crime