Joras Ferwerda (March 5, 1984) holds a Bachelor in Economics and Law and a Master in Economics and Social Science from the Utrecht University School of Economics in the Netherlands. He is currently studying for a PhD in economics at the Utrecht University School of Economics in the Netherlands on the topic ‘the Multidisciplinary Economics of Money Laundering’.
He did the first study on the amounts and effects of money laundering in the Netherlands for the Dutch Ministry of Finance and a study on money laundering in the real estate sector for the Dutch Ministry of Finance, Justice and Interior Affairs. He organized the conference ‘Tackling Money Laundering’ with international leading experts on money laundering in Utrecht, the Netherlands. At the moment he has an EU financed project on the effectiveness of anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing policies in the 27 EU member states. Among his scientific publications he has an article published in Review of Law and Economics entitled ‘The Economics of Crime and Money Laundering: Does Anti-Money Laundering Policy Reduce Crime?’, an article accepted for publication in the journal Applied Economics entitled ‘Gravity Models of Trade-Based Money Laundering’ and a book published by Edward Elgar entitled ‘Money Laundering in the Real Estate Sector: Suspicious Properties’.
Next to his research, he was involved in teaching at both the bachelor’s and master’s levels at the Utrecht University School of Economics and the Utrecht University School of Governance. Furthermore, he did some referee work and gave presentations at more than a dozen conferences in more than half a dozen countries.
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