European honour for Teesside University criminologist

Dr Georgios Antonopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the University’s School of Social Sciences & Law, has been honoured by the European Society of Criminology (ESC)

He has been awarded the ESC Young Criminologist Award 2009 for his article The Greek Connection(s): The Social Organisation of the Cigarette Smuggling Business in Greece, which appeared in the European Journal of Criminology.

The article was based on a number of sources including interviews with cigarette smugglers in Greece and the UK. He said, ‘The research which led to the particular article was a matter of luck. I was researching the smuggling of migrants when I accidentally met a few retired cigarette smugglers.’

According to the ESC, ‘The award recognises an outstanding peer-reviewed article by a European criminologist who was aged 35 or younger when the article was published.’ Georgios added, 'Being recognised by more experienced colleagues and people I admire is an honour.’

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