Flavio Bellio joined the Institute in 2018 as a member of the Institute’s legal and policy team. He is currently working on several of the Institute’s global and regional projects to strengthen the fight against illicit trade. He graduated in Law at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) with a specialization in public and international law and holds an L.L.M. in Law and Government of the European Union from LUISS Guido Carli (Italy). Before joining the Institute, Flavio was a research collaborator for World Bank Legal Advisor Giulio Zanetti and also collaborated with a law firm in Belgium. He has significant research experience on international and European law as well as organised crime and illicit trade.