Florian holds a BA in Political Sciences, a MA in Comparative Politics, and an MRes in Security Science. Before joining University College London (UCL), he was involved in analysing language patterns in party manifestos at the University of Bamberg. His research interests are money laundering, organised crime, and terrorism financing. Florian is currently pursuing a PhD in Security Science at the UCL Department of Security and Crime Science on the empirical analysis of money laundering patterns and its implications for policing. He is co-founder of the UCL Organised Crime Research Network (OCRN)

Email: florian.hetzel.14@ucl.ac.uk