
Martin Verrier
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Research interests
- Security
- Crime
Biography
Martin Verrier previously worked as a senior consultant for international organisations ( IADB, OAS, PADF ), directing operations at a Buenos Aires security consulting firm and served as Head of the Security Committee Advisor's Board at the National Parliament.
He is a former Professor of International Relations Theory at the International Relations Department and the Organised Crime Postgraduate course at Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires and was a money-laundering prevention professor at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Martin holds a BA in International Relations from the Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires, a MA in Strategy and Geopolitics from the Argentine Army War College, a Postgraduate Certificate in Countering Transnational Organised Crime from the George C. Marshall Centre European Centre for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He has just finished his MA in Intelligence under a Chevening Scholarship award. He currently resides in London, working as an independent consultant, as a CTOC professor at the George C. Marshall Center European Centre for Security Studies and as a Senior Analyst at RUSI where he researches criminal convergence in South America.
Research interests
- Transnational organised crime prevention policies
- Criminal convergence
- State sponsored organized crime
- Money Laundering and terrorism financing prevention
- Law enforcement administration
- Defence and Security in LATAM
Martin’s research falls under four main pillars: organized crime’s impact in society, the dynamic nature of drug trafficking, the criminal convergence phenomenon, and security/defence issues in Latin America.
Martin is currently a Visiting Senior Research Fellow , working with Dr. Carvalho at King’s Brazil Institute addressing security and defence matters in Latin America.
He is an active member of ASIS, GI-TOC and the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals of the City of London.
Policy papers
‘Cutting the Flow: Argentina as a Success Case against Drug Trafficking 2016–2019 .’
Articles
On the Offensive. Argentina’s assault on drug trafficking
The Invisible Air Force: The Increasing Threat of Drug Flights.
Research
Latin American Security Research Group
The Latin American Security Research Group (LAS) gathers experts working on international relations, defence and security in Latin America.
Research
Latin American Security Research Group
The Latin American Security Research Group (LAS) gathers experts working on international relations, defence and security in Latin America.