Arda Akartuna

Position : Crypto Threat Intelligence Lead (APAC) / Assistant Professor of Future Crime
Organization : Elliptic / City University of Hong Kong
Country : Hong Kong

Short Biography

Arda is the Lead Crypto Threat Researcher (APAC) at Elliptic and an Assistant Professor of Crypto & Future Crimes at City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on crimes enabled by cryptoassets and emerging technologies, including fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing and illicit activity on the dark web. He has advised numerous international organizations, public and private sector entities on emerging crime trends and prevention measures.

Contact Address

Royal Police Cadet Academy, 90 Sam Pran, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 73110

Expertise / Area of Interest

Crime Science / Criminology, Transnational Crime, Money Laundering / Financial Crime, Cybercrime, Crime Prevention, Cryptoassets

Relevant Experience :

Blockchain analytics

Related Work :

- Akartuna, E. A. (2025). The State of Cross-chain Crime, 2025. Elliptic. 

- Akartuna, E.A. (2025). The State of Crypto Scams, 2025.Elliptic. 

- Akartuna, E. A. (2025). Best Practices to Prevent AIenabled Crime in the Cryptoasset Ecosystem. Elliptic.

- Akartuna, E. A. (2024). AI-enabled Crime in the Cryptoasset Ecosystem. Elliptic.

- Akartuna, E. A. (2023). Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Future Directions. University College London (UCL).

- Akartuna, E. A. (2023). Coin Swap Services. Elliptic. Akartuna, E. A., & Madelin, T. (2023). The State of Cross-chain Crime 2023. Elliptic.

- Akartuna, E. A. (2023). Terrorist Financing Through Cryptoassets. Elliptic.

- Akartuna, E. A. (2023). Crypto in Conflict. Elliptic.

- Akartuna, E. A. (2022). Tornado Cash Alternatives. Elliptic.

Academic Publications

  • Trozze, A., Kamps, J., Akartuna, E. A., Hetzel, F. J., Kleinberg, B., & Davies, T. (2022). Cryptocurrencies and future financial crime. Crime Science, 11, 1–35.
  • Akartuna, E. A., Johnson, S. D., & Thornton, A. (2022). Preventing the money laundering and terrorist financing risks of emerging technologies: An international policy Delphi study. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 179, 121632. 
  • Akartuna, E. A., Johnson, S. D., & Thornton, A. (2022). The money laundering and terrorist financing risks of new and disruptive technologies: a futures-oriented scoping review. Security Journal, 1.
  • Akartuna, E. A., & Thornton, A. (2023). The Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) in London: Countering overseas terrorist financing and support with “nudge” and situational approaches. Terrorism and Political Violence, 35(2), 470–496.
  • Akartuna, E. A., Johnson, S. D., & Thornton, A. (2024). Motivating a standardised approach to financial intelligence: a typological scoping review of money laundering methods and trends. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 1–47.
  • Akartuna, E. A., Johnson, S. D., & Thornton, A. (2024). Enhancing the horizon scanning utility of futures-oriented systematic and scoping reviews. Futures, 158, 103340.
  • Akartuna, E. A., Johnson, S. D., & Thornton, A. (2024). A holistic network analysis of the money laundering threat landscape: Assessing criminal typologies, resilience and implications for disruption. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 1–42.
  • Akartuna, E. A., Yeung, F. S. W., Manning, M., & Bish, A. (2025). Shifting routines and the industrialisation of scams: the impact of Covid-19 on deception crimes in Hong Kong. Trends in Organized Crime. Manning, M.,
  • Akartuna, E. A., & Johnson, S. (2025). Opportunities to future crime: Scoping the future of money laundering and terrorist financing through cryptoassets. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 210, 123894.

Type of Collaboration

Deputy Director, Center for Crime Science

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