Michael Levi

• Professor of Criminology
  Cardiff University

BA and MA, University of Oxford, UK; Diploma in Criminology, Cambridge University, UK; PhD, Southampton University, UK; 2007, DSc in Economics, Cardiff University, UK. Formerly, Scientific Expert on Organized Crime to Council of Europe. With Cardiff University: 1975, Lecturer; since 1991, Professor. Concurrently: Academician, Academy of Social Sciences; Member, EC Group of Experts on Corruption; Adviser to UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and European Commission. Member, Criminological and Scientific Committee, Council of Europe. Author of books including, The Phantom Capitalists (2008). Author of chapters on organized crime and terrorism, and violent crime, in Oxford Handbook of Criminology. June 2010, edited issue of British Journal of Criminology on perspectives on terrorism. Professional interests: organized crime, corruption, fraud, money laundering, terrorism.