Nikos Passas

Nikos Passas is a Professor at Northeastern University. His law degree is from the Univ. of Athens (LL.B.), his Master s from the University of Paris-Paris II (D.E.A.) and his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh Faculty of Law. He is a member of the Athens Bar (Greece). He specializes in the study of corruption, regulation of international remittances and trade, terrorism, organized crime and international criminal law. He is fluent in 6 languages and has published more than 100 articles,...See more

Nikos Passas is a Professor at Northeastern University. His law degree is from the Univ. of Athens (LL.B.), his Master s from the University of Paris-Paris II (D.E.A.) and his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh Faculty of Law. He is a member of the Athens Bar (Greece). He specializes in the study of corruption, regulation of international remittances and trade, terrorism, organized crime and international criminal law. He is fluent in 6 languages and has published more than 100 articles, book chapters, reports and books in 11 languages. His books include the: - Legislative Guide for the Implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption - Legislative Guide for the Implementation of the UN Convention Against Transnational Crime - Migrant Labor Remittances in S. Asia - It s Legal but It Ain t Right: Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries - International Crimes - Transnational Crime - The Future of Anomie Theory - Upperworld and Underworld in Cross-Border Crime He frequently serves as expert in court cases relative to money laundering, fraud, terrorism, organized crime and informal fund transfers. Passas also offers training to law enforcement, intelligence and private sector officials on regulatory and financial crime subjects. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Crime, Law and Social Change, and on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice and the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Criminology. He has been acting as a consultant to law firms, private security companies and various organizations, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the US Dept. of Treasury (FinCEN), the US Dept of Justice, IMF, the World Bank, the IDB, DFID, Norad, the United Nations, the Commission of the EU, the US National Academy of Sciences and government agencies in many countries." See less