Bio
Georgios A. Antonopoulos is Professor of Criminology and Director of Criminological Research at the Centre for Crime, Harm Prevention and Security. He has conducted research for the British Police, the British Ministry of Justice, the European Commission, the Centre for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria) and Barnardo’s. He is an associate of the Cross-Border Crime Colloquium, editor-in-chief of the journal Trends in Organised Crime, and member of the editorial boards of the journals Global Crime, Journal of Financial Crime, Journal of Money Laundering Control and the British Journal of Criminology.
From 2010 to 2014 he was Chair of the NE branch of the British Society of Criminology, and in 2014 he served as executive director of the International Association for the Study of Organised Crime (IASOC). He has acted as advisor to the ‘Intelligence and Risk’ Team of the HMRC (HM Revenue & Customs) and as expert for the Cabinet Office, the Foreign Office, and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.
Related Publications
Reform of Public Procurement in Ukraine and Performance Results of Prozorro e-Procurement System from August to December 2016
- open data
- social accountability
- e-government
- TI Ukraine
Afghanistan: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption with a focus on development assistance
- development
- afghanistan
Tools to reduce private sector engagement in grand corruption during the award of public contracts,
- grand corruption
- licensing
- concessions
The impact of grey listing by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- anti-money laundering
Risks for Development Cooperation in Fragile and Transitional States
- post-conflict
- fragile states
Georgios Antonopoulos
Affiliation
Teesside University
Professional Title
Professor of Criminology
Region
- Europe and Central Asia
Country/Territory
Topics
- Asset recovery
- Beneficial ownership
- Illicit financial flows
- Law enforcement
- Customs
- Public procurement
- Organised crime
Specialisms
- ‘Organised crime’/ Illegal markets
- Criminal finances
- Corruption
- Criminal policy
