Financial Crime and Sanctions Scholarship
Full List:
Books:
Doing Business with Criminals: Between Exclusion and Surveillance (Cambridge University Press, 2025)
Corruption and Targeted Sanctions: Law and Policy of Anti-Corruption Entry Bans (Brill, 2019)
Edited Books:
Policing Transnational Crime: Law Enforcement of Criminal Flows (edited with Saskia Hufnagel, Routledge 2020)
Research Handbook on Transnational Crime (edited with Valsamis Mitsilegas and Saskia Hufnagel, Edward Elgar 2019)
Criminal Networks and Law Enforcement: Global Perspectives on Illegal Enterprise (edited with Saskia Hufnagel, Routledge 2019)
Transnational Crime: European and Chinese Perspectives (edited with Valsamis Mitsilegas, Saskia Hufnagel, Shi Yanan and Liu Mingxiang, Routledge 2018)
Articles:
‘The Sins of the Fathers: Targeted Sanctions Against Family Members of Primary Targets’ (2024) 87(4) Modern Law Review 926 (20,000 words)
‘Crime and Sanctions: Beyond Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool‘ (2024) 25(1) German Law Journal 17 (20,000 words)
‘Legal: The Freezing of the Russian Central Bank’s Assets’ (2023) 34(4) European Journal of International Law (6,000 words)
‘The Proposal for an International Anti-Corruption Court: What Law Should the Court Apply?‘ (2023) 2(1) Transnational Criminal Law Review 5 (8,000 words)
‘Sanctions, Confiscation and the Rule of Law‘ (2023) 4(5) Revue Européenne du Droit 33-39 (8,000 words)
‘Does International Law Prohibit the Facilitation of Money Laundering?’ (2023) 36(1) Leiden Journal of International Law 109-132 (15,000 words)
‘Trading with a Friend’s Enemy’ (2022) 116(4) American Journal of International Law 720-730 (6,000 words)
‘The Future of EU Sanctions Against Russia: Objectives, Frozen Assets, and Humanitarian Impact’ [2022] 2 EUCrim 130-136 (6,000 words)
‘The Limitations of Unexplained Wealth Orders’ [2022] 3 Criminal Law Review 230–241 (6,000 words)
‘The Ownership of Confiscated Proceeds of Corruption under the UN Convention against Corruption’ (2018) 67(3) International and Comparative Law Quarterly 669–694 (12,000 words)
‘Territorial Criminal Jurisdiction over Bribery in the UK: The Limits of the Bribery Act 2010’ [2016] 6 Criminal Law Review 405–417 (6,000 words)
‘Targeted Sanctions, Crimes and State Sovereignty’ (2015, with Saskia Hufnagel) 6(3) New Journal of European Criminal Law 351–371 (8,000 words)
‘“No Safe Haven”: Denying Entry to the Corrupt as a New Anti-corruption Policy’ (2015) 18(4) Journal of Money Laundering Control 400–410 (6,000 words)
Reports:
‘War Funders and Profiteers: Economic Complicity in International Crimes in Ukraine and Beyond‘ (2025, with Emily Bell, Matthew Neuhaus and Dmytro Koval) ANU Centre for International and Public Law
‘Global Magnitsky Sanctions 5 Years On: An Empirical Study of the Impact of Corruption Sanctions’ (2023, with Megan Musni and Eva van der Merwe) International Lawyers Project
‘Frozen Russian Assets and the Reconstruction of Ukraine: Legal Options’ (2022) World Refugee and Migration Council
‘Taking the Profit Out of Intellectual Property Crime: Piracy and Organised Crime’ (2021, with Ardi Janjeva and Alexandria Reid) RUSI Whitehall Report
‘The UK’s Response to Cyber Fraud: A Strategic Vision’ (2021, with Sneha Dawda and Ardi Janjeva) RUSI Occasional Paper
‘For Whose Benefit? Reframing Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Around Users’ Needs’ (2020, with Tom Keatinge) RUSI Occasional Paper
‘Improving Governance and Tackling Crime in Free-Trade Zones’ (2020, with Alexandria Reid and Isabella Chase) RUSI Occasional Paper
‘Rethinking the UK Response to Cyber Fraud: Key Policy Challenges’ (2020, with Sneha Dawda and Ardi Janjeva) RUSI Briefing Paper
‘Free Ports, Not Safe Havens: Preventing Crime in the UK’s Future Freeports’ (2020, with Alexandria Reid and Isabella Chase) RUSI Briefing Paper
‘Understanding Financial Crime Risks in E-Commerce’ (2020) RUSI Occasional Paper
‘Play Your Cards Right: Preventing Criminal Abuse of Online Gambling’ (2019) RUSI Occasional Paper
‘Gaming the System: Money Laundering Through Online Games’ (2019, with Kayla Izenman) RUSI Newsbrief
‘From Intention to Action: Next Steps in Preventing Criminal Abuse of Cryptocurrency’ (2019, with Kayla Izenman) RUSI Occasional Paper
‘What’s in a Name? Corruption and Fraud in the UK’ (2019, with Kayla Izenman) RUSI Occasional Paper
‘Security Through Financial Integrity: Mending Pakistan’s Leaky Sieve’ (2019, with Tom Keatinge) RUSI Occasional Paper
‘No Rest for the Wicked: Driving Change in the UK’s Post-FATF Evaluation AML Regime’ (2019, with Tom Keatinge et al) RUSI Whitehall Report
‘The Scale of Money Laundering in the UK: Too Big to Measure?’ (2019, with Tom Keatinge) RUSI Briefing Paper
‘From Money Mules to Chain-Hopping: Targeting the Finances of Cybercrime’ (2018, with Olivier Kraft) RUSI Occasional Paper
‘When Bankers Need to be More Creative than Hackers: Cybercrime and Money Laundering’ (2018, with Olivier Kraft) RUSI Newsbrief
‘Known Unknowns: Plugging the UK’s Intelligence Gaps on Money Laundering Involving Professional Services Providers’ (2018, with Helena Wood et al) RUSI Occasional Paper
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