Biography

Dr Branislav Hock is Associate Professor in Economic Crime & Compliance and the Lead of the Economic Crime Research Group at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (SCCJ). He is an author of Extraterritoriality and International Bribery: A Collective Action Perspective, Routledge 2020. Branislav has been involved in a broad range of research activities, many have been related to Transnational Economic Crime, Anti-Corruption, and Compliance. Branislav is the founding member of the European Compliance Center. Prior to joining the SCCJ, Branislav worked as a researcher at the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), where he completed a PhD in anti-corruption law. Branislav was also involved in various other projects: for example, he worked in the Private Office of the Dutch Member of the European Court of Auditors on a performance audit measuring the effectiveness of public procurement of European Union Institutions.

Dr Hock currently supervises doctoral projects in the areas of international corruption and bribery, money-laundering, and corporate compliance, and welcomes PhD proposals on these topics.

Research interests

  • Transnational Economic Crime
  • Anti-Corruption Law
  • Compliance
  • Law & Economics
  • Collective Action
  • Private Ordering
  • Public Procurement
  • Money Laundering
  • Global Sanctions

Media availability

I am available to the media to discuss any issues relating to my research interests. 

Research outputs

2023

What really works in preventing fraud against organisations and do decision-makers really need to know?

Button, M., Gilmour, P. M., Hock, B., Shepherd, D. W. J.

11 Oct 2023, In: Security Journal

Understanding the rise of fraud in England and Wales through field theory: blip or flip?

Button, M., Gilmour, P., Hock, B., Shepherd, D. W. J.

1 Sep 2023, In: Journal of Economic Criminology. 1, 10p., 100012

What works in policing money laundering?

Button, M., Gilmour, P. M., Hock, B., Shepherd, D. W. J.

25 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Money Laundering Control. 27, 1, p. 5-13, 8p.

Non-ideal victims or offenders? The curious case of pyramid scheme participants

Button, M., Hock, B.

19 Mar 2023, In: Victims and Offenders, 24p.

Policing fiscal corruption: tax crime and legally corrupt institutions in the United Kingdom

Hock, B.

30 Jan 2023, In: Law and Contemporary Problems. 85, 4, p. 159-183, 25p.

Foreign whistleblowing: the impact of US extraterritorial enforcement on anti-corruption laws in Europe

Hock, B., Karpacheva, E.

24 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Financial Crime

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