Dr Ilaria Zavoli

Ilaria became a Lecturer in Law at the School of Law in April 2018.

Previously, she has been a Research Fellow at the School of Law, Politics and Sociology of the University of Sussex, working on a British Academy funded project about money laundering in the UK real estate market. Ilaria also completed her PhD at the School of Law of the University of Leeds with a research project on in absentia proceedings in international criminal justice.

Ilaria holds a Law Degree cum laude and a Postgraduate Specialization Diploma in Law cum laude from the University of Bologna. She also holds an Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law (specialisation international criminal law) from Leiden University.

Within criminal law, Ilaria’s research expertise and interest regard anti-money laundering legislation and policies (especially with reference to the real estate market), the use of new technologies (e.g. cryptocurrencies) for money laundering purposes, and money laundering in the construction sector.