My research is on transnational crime, terrorism and the process of creating a supranational police response to these phenomena.
I am a member of the executive committee of the Standing Group on Organised Crime of the ECPR and run the SGOC blog at:
http://sgoc.blogspot.com/
Research Interests
The appropriateness of supranational policing arrangements as a response to changing structures of organised crime including terrorism. Particularly interested in relationships between Eastern and Western Europe with regard to crime, the Schengen acquis and Justice and Home Affairs matters in the European Union.
How local terrorist cells make a mockery of European security
Mar 23, 2016 16:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In the aftermath of the explosions at the airport and in the metro station in Brussels on the morning of March 22, 2016, the search for the bomb-making factory became increasingly urgent. Someone who knew what they were...
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