Sylvie Isabelle Figueiredo

PhD Candidate
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Sylvie Isabelle Figueiredo is a PhD candidate in Globalization Studies at NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) and a researcher at IPRI-NOVA. Her research focuses on transnational organized crime, illicit economies, criminal mobility, criminal governance, and the strategic implications of criminal infiltration into legal markets and institutions. Her professional trajectory combines experience in intelligence and institutional security with teaching, advanced training, and strategic analysis on organized crime, drug trafficking, and systemic risks.

ÁreaResearch Fields:

Transnational Organized Crime. 
Criminal Markets.
Criminal Mobility.
Criminal Groups.
Criminal Intelligence.

Recent Publications:

1. Figueiredo, S.I. (2024). Tráfico de cocaína e crime organizado transnacional em Portugal. Revista Investigação Criminal, Ciências Criminais e Forenses – IC3F, n.º 9 (pp. 78-92). ASFIC. 

2. Figueiredo, S.I (2023). Regimes Políticos e Crime Organizado. Revista de Ciência Política 1820, n.º 6 (JAN-JUN), (pp 111-126). CEAD, Universidade Lusófona.