Anita Lavorgna holds a PhD in International Studies with a specialisation in Criminology and an LLM (cum laude) from the University of Trento. She joined Southampton as a lecturer in Criminology in 2015. She is in the Executive Committee of the ECPR Standing Group on Organised Crime.
She has published extensively on organised crime and Internet-facilitated trafficking activities, and her research interests also include global and comparative criminology, cybercrime, and crime prevention.
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