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Overview
Currently serving as a Reader in Criminology at Cardiff University's School of Social Sciences, my expertise revolves around illicit drug markets and broader illicit marketplaces. My research delves into human trafficking and explores how digital technologies are reshaping traditional illegal markets.
My work is recognized globally and has been published in numerous esteemed international peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal of Drug Policy, Crime and Justice, European Journal of Criminology, British Journal of Criminology, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, and Social Networks.
I have been successful in generating research income exceeding £1.5 million, with funding from both national and international sources such as the ESRC, EPSRC, The European Commission, and the Home Office. My work is also collaborative, as I frequently partner with the Social Data Science Lab and theHate Lab, using my skills to analyze online communities and apply social network analysis to social media data.
Before embracing my current position, I pursued my PhD at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan while working as a researcher at Transcrime, a journey that spanned from 2011 to 2015 I also spent time as a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park from August 2013 to February 2014, collaborating with Professor Peter Reuter.
I am always open to considering proposals from potential Ph.D. students who share an interest in my areas of expertise, including illicit markets, human trafficking, organized crime, and online illicit trafficking.
Publication
2024
- Giommoni, L. 2024. Why we cannot identify human trafficking from online advertisements. Journal of Human Trafficking (10.1080/23322705.2024.2435198)
- Giommoni, L. 2024. The impact of precursor regulations on illicit drug markets: An analysis of Cunningham et al.ʼs studies. International Journal of Drug Policy, article number: 104498. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104498)
- Giommoni, L. and Ikwu, R. 2024. Identifying human trafficking indicators in the UK online sex market. Trends in Organized Crime 27, pp. 10-33. (10.1007/s12117-021-09431-0)
- Giommoni, L. 2024. How to improve the surveillance of the Taliban ban's impact on European drug markets. International Journal of Drug Policy 124, article number: 104320. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104320)
2023
- Giommoni, L., Décary‑Hétu, D., Berlusconi, G. and Bergeron, A. 2023. Online and offline determinants of drug trafficking across countries via cryptomarkets. Crime, Law and Social Change (10.1007/s10611-023-10106-w)
- Cook, S., Giommoni, L., Trajtenberg Pareja, N., Levi, M. and Williams, M. L. 2023. Fear of economic cybercrime across Europe: a multilevel application of routine activity theory. British Journal of Criminology 63(2), pp. 384-406. (10.1093/bjc/azac021)
- Ikwu, R., Giommoni, L., Javed, A., Burnap, P. and Williams, M. 2023. Digital fingerprinting for identifying malicious collusive groups on Twitter. Journal of Cybersecurity 9(1), article number: tyad014. (10.1093/cybsec/tyad014)
2022
- Giommoni, L., Berlusconi, G. and Aziani, A. 2022. Interdicting international drug trafficking: a network approach for coordinated and targeted interventions. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 28, pp. 545-572. (10.1007/s10610-020-09473-0)
- Javed, A., Ikwu, R., Burnap, P., Giommoni, L. and Williams, M. 2022. Disrupting drive-by download networks on Twitter.. Social Network Analysis and Mining 12(117)
- Bergeron, A., Décary-Hétu, D., Giommoni, L. and Villeneuve-Dubuc, M. 2022. The success rate of online illicit drug transactions during a global pandemic. International Journal of Drug Policy 99, article number: 103452. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103452)
- Alorainy, W., Burnap, P., Liu, H., Williams, M. and Giommoni, L. 2022. Disrupting networks of hate: Characterising hateful networks and removing critical nodes. Social Network Analysis and Mining 12, article number: 27. (10.1007/s13278-021-00818-z)
2021
- Giommoni, L., Berlusconi, G. and Melendez-Torres, G. J. 2021. Characterising the structure of the largest online commercial sex network in the UK: observational study with implications for STI prevention. Culture, Health and Sexuality 23(12), pp. 1608-1625. (10.1080/13691058.2020.1788725)
- Aziani, A., Berlusconi, G. and Giommoni, L. 2021. A quantitative application of enterprise and social embeddedness theories to the transnational trafficking of cocaine in Europe. Deviant Behavior 42(2) (10.1080/01639625.2019.1666606)
2020
- Giommoni, L. 2020. Why we should all be more careful in drawing conclusions about how COVID-19 is changing drug markets. International Journal of Drug Policy 83, article number: 102834. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102834)
- Bergeron, A., Décary-Hétu, D. and Giommoni, L. 2020. Preliminary findings of the impact of COVID-19 on drugs crypto markets. International Journal of Drug Policy 83, article number: 102870. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102870)
- Giommoni, L., Gundur, R. and Cheekes, E. 2020. International drug trafficking: past, present, and prospective trends. In: Oxford Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Oxford Research Encyclopedia Oxford University Press (OUP), (10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.470)
2018
- Giommoni, L. and Gundur, R. 2018. An analysis of the United Kingdom’s cannabis market using crowdsourced data. Global Crime 19(2), pp. 85-106. (10.1080/17440572.2018.1460071)
2017
- Giommoni, L., Reuter, P. and Kilmer, B. 2017. Exploring the perils of cross national comparisons of drug prevalence: the effect of survey modality. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 181, pp. 194-199. (10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.09.027)
- Berlusconi, G., Aziani, A. and Giommoni, L. 2017. The determinants of heroin flows in Europe: a latent space approach. Social Networks 51, pp. 104-117. (10.1016/j.socnet.2017.03.012)
- Giommoni, L., Aziani, A. and Berlusconi, G. 2017. How do illicit drugs move across countries? A network analysis of the heroin supply to Europe. Journal of Drug Issues 47(2), pp. 217-240. (10.1177/0022042616682426)
- Décary-Hétu, D. and Giommoni, L. 2017. Do police crackdowns disrupt drug cryptomarkets? a longitudinal analysis of the effects of Operation Onymous. Crime, Law and Social Change 67(1), pp. 55-75. (10.1007/s10611-016-9644-4)
2016
- Calderoni, F., Berlusconi, G., Garofalo, L., Giommoni, L. and Sarno, F. 2016. The Italian mafias in the world: a systematic assessment of the mobility of criminal groups. European Journal of Criminology 13(4), pp. 413-433. (10.1177/1477370815623570)
- Giommoni, L. 2016. Illicit drugs market. In: Savona, E. and Riccardi, M. eds. From Illegal Markets to Legitimate Businesses: The Portfolio of Organised Crime in Europe. Transcrime, pp. 43-56.
2015
- Dugato, M., Favarin, S. and Giommoni, L. 2015. The risks and rewards of organized crime investments in real estate. British Journal of Criminology 55(5), pp. 944-965. (10.1093/bjc/azv002)
- Kilmer, B., Reuter, P. and Giommoni, L. 2015. What can be learned from cross-national comparisons of data on illegal drugs?. Crime and Justice 44(1), pp. 227-296. (10.1086/681552)
- Giommoni, L. 2015. From the generation of illicit proceeds to investments in the legal economy. In: Savona, E. U. and Riccardi, M. eds. From Illegal Markets to Legitimate Businesses: The Portfolio of Organised Crime in Europe. Transcrime, pp. 144-148.
- Angelini, M., Camerini, D., Giommoni, L., Soriani, C. and Standridge, P. 2015. Organised crime portfolio: illicit revenues and criminal investments in Europe. European Police Science and Research Bulletin 12, pp. 4-12.
- Savona, E. U., Giommoni, L. and Mancuso, M. 2015. Human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Italy. In: Leclerc, B. and Wortley, R. eds. Cognition and Crime. Offender Decision Making and Script Analyse. Crime Science Series London: Routledge, pp. 140-163.
2014
- Giommoni, L. 2014. The retail value of the illicit drug market in Italy: a consumption-based approach. Global Crime 15(1-2), pp. 27-50. (10.1080/17440572.2013.875893)
2013
- Giommoni, L. 2013. Caulkins Jonathan P., Hawken Angela, Kilmer Beau and Kleiman Mark A. R. 'Marijuana legalization: what everyone needs to know' [Book Review]. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 19(4), pp. 419-421. (10.1007/s10610-013-9217-3)
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- Giommoni, L., Gundur, R. and Cheekes, E. 2020. International drug trafficking: past, present, and prospective trends. In: Oxford Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Oxford Research Encyclopedia Oxford University Press (OUP), (10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.470)
- Giommoni, L. 2016. Illicit drugs market. In: Savona, E. and Riccardi, M. eds. From Illegal Markets to Legitimate Businesses: The Portfolio of Organised Crime in Europe. Transcrime, pp. 43-56.
- Giommoni, L. 2015. From the generation of illicit proceeds to investments in the legal economy. In: Savona, E. U. and Riccardi, M. eds. From Illegal Markets to Legitimate Businesses: The Portfolio of Organised Crime in Europe. Transcrime, pp. 144-148.
- Savona, E. U., Giommoni, L. and Mancuso, M. 2015. Human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Italy. In: Leclerc, B. and Wortley, R. eds. Cognition and Crime. Offender Decision Making and Script Analyse. Crime Science Series London: Routledge, pp. 140-163.
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- Giommoni, L. 2024. Why we cannot identify human trafficking from online advertisements. Journal of Human Trafficking (10.1080/23322705.2024.2435198)
- Giommoni, L. 2024. The impact of precursor regulations on illicit drug markets: An analysis of Cunningham et al.ʼs studies. International Journal of Drug Policy, article number: 104498. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104498)
- Giommoni, L. and Ikwu, R. 2024. Identifying human trafficking indicators in the UK online sex market. Trends in Organized Crime 27, pp. 10-33. (10.1007/s12117-021-09431-0)
- Giommoni, L. 2024. How to improve the surveillance of the Taliban ban's impact on European drug markets. International Journal of Drug Policy 124, article number: 104320. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104320)
- Giommoni, L., Décary‑Hétu, D., Berlusconi, G. and Bergeron, A. 2023. Online and offline determinants of drug trafficking across countries via cryptomarkets. Crime, Law and Social Change (10.1007/s10611-023-10106-w)
- Cook, S., Giommoni, L., Trajtenberg Pareja, N., Levi, M. and Williams, M. L. 2023. Fear of economic cybercrime across Europe: a multilevel application of routine activity theory. British Journal of Criminology 63(2), pp. 384-406. (10.1093/bjc/azac021)
- Ikwu, R., Giommoni, L., Javed, A., Burnap, P. and Williams, M. 2023. Digital fingerprinting for identifying malicious collusive groups on Twitter. Journal of Cybersecurity 9(1), article number: tyad014. (10.1093/cybsec/tyad014)
- Giommoni, L., Berlusconi, G. and Aziani, A. 2022. Interdicting international drug trafficking: a network approach for coordinated and targeted interventions. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 28, pp. 545-572. (10.1007/s10610-020-09473-0)
- Javed, A., Ikwu, R., Burnap, P., Giommoni, L. and Williams, M. 2022. Disrupting drive-by download networks on Twitter.. Social Network Analysis and Mining 12(117)
- Bergeron, A., Décary-Hétu, D., Giommoni, L. and Villeneuve-Dubuc, M. 2022. The success rate of online illicit drug transactions during a global pandemic. International Journal of Drug Policy 99, article number: 103452. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103452)
- Alorainy, W., Burnap, P., Liu, H., Williams, M. and Giommoni, L. 2022. Disrupting networks of hate: Characterising hateful networks and removing critical nodes. Social Network Analysis and Mining 12, article number: 27. (10.1007/s13278-021-00818-z)
- Giommoni, L., Berlusconi, G. and Melendez-Torres, G. J. 2021. Characterising the structure of the largest online commercial sex network in the UK: observational study with implications for STI prevention. Culture, Health and Sexuality 23(12), pp. 1608-1625. (10.1080/13691058.2020.1788725)
- Aziani, A., Berlusconi, G. and Giommoni, L. 2021. A quantitative application of enterprise and social embeddedness theories to the transnational trafficking of cocaine in Europe. Deviant Behavior 42(2) (10.1080/01639625.2019.1666606)
- Giommoni, L. 2020. Why we should all be more careful in drawing conclusions about how COVID-19 is changing drug markets. International Journal of Drug Policy 83, article number: 102834. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102834)
- Bergeron, A., Décary-Hétu, D. and Giommoni, L. 2020. Preliminary findings of the impact of COVID-19 on drugs crypto markets. International Journal of Drug Policy 83, article number: 102870. (10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102870)
- Giommoni, L. and Gundur, R. 2018. An analysis of the United Kingdom’s cannabis market using crowdsourced data. Global Crime 19(2), pp. 85-106. (10.1080/17440572.2018.1460071)
- Giommoni, L., Reuter, P. and Kilmer, B. 2017. Exploring the perils of cross national comparisons of drug prevalence: the effect of survey modality. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 181, pp. 194-199. (10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.09.027)
- Berlusconi, G., Aziani, A. and Giommoni, L. 2017. The determinants of heroin flows in Europe: a latent space approach. Social Networks 51, pp. 104-117. (10.1016/j.socnet.2017.03.012)
- Giommoni, L., Aziani, A. and Berlusconi, G. 2017. How do illicit drugs move across countries? A network analysis of the heroin supply to Europe. Journal of Drug Issues 47(2), pp. 217-240. (10.1177/0022042616682426)
- Décary-Hétu, D. and Giommoni, L. 2017. Do police crackdowns disrupt drug cryptomarkets? a longitudinal analysis of the effects of Operation Onymous. Crime, Law and Social Change 67(1), pp. 55-75. (10.1007/s10611-016-9644-4)
- Calderoni, F., Berlusconi, G., Garofalo, L., Giommoni, L. and Sarno, F. 2016. The Italian mafias in the world: a systematic assessment of the mobility of criminal groups. European Journal of Criminology 13(4), pp. 413-433. (10.1177/1477370815623570)
- Dugato, M., Favarin, S. and Giommoni, L. 2015. The risks and rewards of organized crime investments in real estate. British Journal of Criminology 55(5), pp. 944-965. (10.1093/bjc/azv002)
- Kilmer, B., Reuter, P. and Giommoni, L. 2015. What can be learned from cross-national comparisons of data on illegal drugs?. Crime and Justice 44(1), pp. 227-296. (10.1086/681552)
- Angelini, M., Camerini, D., Giommoni, L., Soriani, C. and Standridge, P. 2015. Organised crime portfolio: illicit revenues and criminal investments in Europe. European Police Science and Research Bulletin 12, pp. 4-12.
- Giommoni, L. 2014. The retail value of the illicit drug market in Italy: a consumption-based approach. Global Crime 15(1-2), pp. 27-50. (10.1080/17440572.2013.875893)
- Giommoni, L. 2013. Caulkins Jonathan P., Hawken Angela, Kilmer Beau and Kleiman Mark A. R. 'Marijuana legalization: what everyone needs to know' [Book Review]. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 19(4), pp. 419-421. (10.1007/s10610-013-9217-3)
Research
Understanding risk in unregulated markets: the case of men who purchase sex, £9,213 (CoI)
Social Data Science Lab, ESRC, £1.5M (CoI)
Illicit financial flows and illegal markets estimates, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, USD 5,842, (PI)
How Online Technologies are Transforming Transnational Organised Crime (Cyber-TNOC), ESRC PaCCS, £449,957 (CoI)
Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research, National Cyber Security Centre, £81,965. (CoI)
HateLab (Centre for Cyberhate Research & Policy), ESRC, £1.8M (CoI)
A World of Trouble: Managing Terrorist and Major Violent Crime Using Open Source Communication Analytics and Research. ESRC GCRF, £7,000 (CoI).
Crowdsourcing crime-related data: A pilot study on the use of crowdsourcing for collecting data on illicit drug markets. Cardiff University Crime and Security Research Institute, £6,500 (PI).
Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
- Offending and Victimisation (Yr 2)
- Drugs, Crime and Society (Yr 3)
Postgraduate Teaching
- Researching Crime, Safety and Justice
- International and Trasnational Crimes
Biography
Employment
2022 - present: Reader, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
2019 - 2022: Senio Lecturer, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
2015 - 2019: Lecturer, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
2011 - 2015: Researcher at Transcrime
Education
2011 - 2015: PhD. (Criminology), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, Italy.
2013 - 2014: Visiting Scholar, University of Maryland (MD), USA.
2009 - 2011: MSc (Applied Social Sciences), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, Italy.
Professional memberships
- American Society of Criminology,
- European Society of Criminology,
- International Society for the Study of Drug Policy
Supervisions
I welcome proposals from prospective Ph.D. students with an interest in illicit markets, human trafficking, organised crime, cybercrime and online illicit trafficking.
Contact Details
Specialisms
- Organised crime
- Drug Trafficking
- Illicit markets
- Human Trafficking
