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Dr Paul Gilmour

Senior Lecturer

Paul.Gilmour@port.ac.uk

PhD Supervisor

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School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Economic Crime Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime

Biography

Dr Paul Gilmour is Senior Lecturer in Economic Crime, course leader of the MSc Economic Crime (campus) degree, and lead of the Economic Crime Research Group at the 91¸£ÀûÍø. Prior to this, he served for nearly 20 years in the UK police service, most recently, as a detective specialising in criminal investigations. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Financial Crime and Journal of Money Laundering Control.

He is involved in a range of research and teaching activities within economic crime and organised crime. His research focuses on corporate transparency, issues of financial secrecy, offshore jurisdictions, freeports, and beneficial ownership. He is intrigued with understanding the characteristics of offshore jurisdictions, the methods used to conceal beneficial ownership, and how governments and regulatory bodies attempt to control illicit offshore activities and markets.

He also researches the role of blockchain technology in registers of beneficial ownership.

Research interests

  • Corporate transparency.
  • Beneficial ownership.
  • Tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions, and illicit offshore finance.
  • Freeports and free-trade zones.
  • Anti-money laundering control.
  • Application of blockchain technology in registers of beneficial owners.

I welcome proposals for doctoral research supervision in the above subject areas.

Media availability

I have made media appearances on radio and for national television, and am available to speak on areas of economic crime and policing.

Research outputs

2025

Gilmour, P., Pandey, D., Goldbarsht, D.

1 May 2025, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 214, 10p., 124051

Research output: Article

Tiwari, M., Zhou, Y., Gilmour, P., Bernot, A.

4 Mar 2025, In: Law, Innovation and Technology, 18p.

Research output: Article

2024

Gilmour, P.

27 Jun 2024, In: Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 61, 4, p. 622-635, 13p.

Research output: Article

Pandey, D., Gilmour, P.

27 Apr 2024, In: Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting. 22, 2, p. 211-226, 6p.

Research output: Article

Zabirko, M., Gilmour, P.

16 Apr 2024, In: The Company Lawyer. 45, 6, p. 200-202, 3p.

Research output: Article

Hock, B., Button, M., Shepherd, D. W. J., Gilmour, P.

2 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Money Laundering Control. 27, 1, p. 5-13, 8p.

Research output: Article

Button, M., Hock, B., Shepherd, D. W. J., Gilmour, P.

1 Jan 2024, In: Security Journal. 37, 18p.

Research output: Article

2023

Button, M., Shepherd, D. W. J., Hock, B., Gilmour, P.

1 Sep 2023, In: Journal of Economic Criminology. 1, 10p., 100012

Research output: Article

Gilmour, P.

4 May 2023, In: Journal of Financial Transformation. 57, 7p., 57

Research output: Article

Gilmour, P.

31 Jan 2023, In: The Conversation

Research output: Article