Fabio Ramazzini Bechara
Former Global Fellow
Professional Affiliation
State Prosecutor for the State of S茫o Paulo, Brazil; Professor of Criminal Law at Mackenzie University; Fellow Professor for the Economic Crimes Seminar at the University of Cambridge; Researcher at the International Affairs Institute at the University of S茫o Paulo
Expert Bio
F谩bio Bechara is a state prosecutor in S茫o Paulo, a professor of criminal law at Mackenzie University, a fellow professor of the Economic Crimes Seminar at the University of Cambridge, and a researcher at the International Affairs Institute at the University of S茫o Paulo. He has served as a state prosecutor since 1996, and currently is an adviser of the Attorney General of S茫o Paulo. As state prosecutor, Bechara coordinated the special unit against organized crime, and worked on numerous criminal investigations of money laundering, corruption and organized crime, international cooperation in criminal matters, asset recovery, and criminal intelligence activity. Bechara helped establish the Center for Integrated Intelligence for Public Security, and served as its coordinator from 2012-2014. He is also a co-founder of the Anti-Organized Crime Agency and the Anti-Corruption Forum in the state of S茫o Paulo, and participated in a working group that defined security priorities for agreements between the state government of S茫o Paulo and the United States and United Kingdom. He has published numerous articles on terrorism, criminal justice, international legal cooperation in criminal matters, international criminal procedure, organized crime, corruption, money laundering and human trafficking.
Bechara received his PhD in Criminal Law from the University of S茫o Paulo. His current research focuses on governance and organized crime, including best practices to improve interagency cooperation among different countries.
