Sue Turner

Assistant Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

Sue is an Assistant Professor and former Director of Education - CPD at Northumbria Law School with particular expertise in business and finance law and regulation. She leads numerous specialist modules across postgraduate, undergraduate and professional programmes and is a member of the Financial Crime Compliance Research Interest Group. Prior to joining Northumbria University, Sue was a banking and finance solicitor with a global law firm.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Sue's research interests focus on financial regulation and crime. Sue has been involved in several research projects and initiatives in the field of anti-money laundering policy and frameworks, relating in particular to beneficial ownership.

Key Publications

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Can FATF's Focus on Beneficial Ownership Aid Anti-Corruption Efforts in a ‘Low-Capacity’ Country? Challenges From the Front Line in Nigeria, Harvey, J., Sproat, P., Turner, S., Ward, T. 25 Nov 2024, Global Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, London, Routledge
Non-Conviction Based Asset Recovery in Nigeria - An Additional Tool for Law Enforcement Agencies?, Sproat, P., Ward, T., Harvey, J., Turner, S., Shehu, A., Bello, A. 11 Sep 2024, Financial Crime, Law and Governance, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
Driven to Death: A Chinese case study on the counterfeiting of automotive components, Shen, A., Turner, S., Antonopoulos, G. 1 Sep 2022, In: Asian Journal of Criminology
Final Report: tracking beneficial ownership and the proceeds of corruption: evidence from Nigeria, Harvey, J., Bello, A., Doig, A., van Duyne, P., Gonul, M., van Koningsveld, J., Shehu, A., Sittlington, S., Sproat, P., Turner, S., Ward, T. 31 Oct 2021
Transnational criminal law: a case study of the international anti-money laundering framework as applied in Nigeria, a case of smoke and mirrors: Global integrity anti-corruption evidence project: hiding the beneficial owner and the proceeds of corruption, Harvey, J., Turner, S., Ward, T., Sproat, P., Bainbridge, J. 2021
Interim Project Report: tracking beneficial ownership and the proceeds of corruption: evidence from Nigeria , Harvey, J., Bello, A., Doig, A., van Duyne, P., Gonul, M., van Koningsveld, J., Shehu , A., Sittlington, S., Sproat, P., Turner, S., Ward, T. Nov 2020
Solving Child Statelessness: Disclosure, Reporting, and Corporate Responsibility, Brewer, M., Turner, S. 31 Jul 2019, In: British Journal of American Legal Studies
An Anti-Money Laundering Timeline and the Relentless Regulatory Response, Turner, S., Bainbridge, J. 1 Jun 2018, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
Balancing the Boardroom: Can Lessons be Learned?, Turner, S. 18 Jun 2015, 40th British International Studies Association Annual Conference
Capturing investor conscience: from conflict minerals to stateless children?, Brewer, M., Turner, S. May 2015, Northumbria Research Conference