Stavros KATSIOS is Professor of Int. Economic Relations and Int. Economic Crime at the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece. He is holder of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage related Activities ​and​ director of the Laboratory for Geocultural Analyses (GEOLAB). He specialises in international economic relations and economic crime (e.g. corruption, money laundering). He has​ ​served as elected Vice Rector for Economic Management and Development of the Ionian University​ and​ represented the Greek Rectors' Conference for the formulation of the Qualifications' Framework of the Greek Educational System (2011-2015). He has studied law at the University, Cologne, Germany, at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA and at the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a lawyer, member of the Thessaloniki Bar (1990) and of the German Bar Association (1996). He has lectured on economic crime at the School of National Security of the Hellenic Police Academy and at the Hellenic Banking Institute (HBA). 2004 he was appointed to the Working Group “Non Tax Revenues–Money Laundering Proceeds” of the Greek Ministry of Economy for drafting the new Greek Tax Law and became the first Greek member of the USA-based “Association of Certified Ant-Money Laundering Specialists” (ACAMS). He was the strategic advisor of Corfu's bid for European Capital of Culture 2021. 2016-2019. Upon recommendation of the Bank of Greece he ​​was appointed by the Greek Ministry of Finance as co-coordinator of the Greek National Risk Assessment Expert Committee on Money Laundering and Corruption for the FATF Mutual Evaluation Process on Greece. Since 2009 he is a frequent invited speaker at the International Symposium of Economic Crime, Jesus College, Cambridge University, UK. He has published various books and articles in Greek and foreign scientific Journals volumes. ​Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=5MtLhHcAAAAJ&hl=el&oi=aoAcademia: https://ionio.academia.edu/StavrosKatsiosResearch Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stavros_Katsios2