Tobias Freeman is an Australian lawyer and international investigator with expertise in international and transnational criminal law and international humanitarian law.

From 2017-23, he served as senior legal officer of the Siracusa Institute where he led technical cooperation, training, and legal and policy research in the field of preventing and countering transnational organised crime. Among other projects, he steered a three-year regional assessment of criminal justice responses to organised crime, corruption and illicit financial flows in Southeast Europe, and provided rule of law assistance in the Western Balkans.

Furthermore, Tobias has trained NATO military officers, planners and subject-matter experts on mitigating criminal threats to peace operations and supported the implementation of EU and UN projects on international cooperation against cross-border criminality, primarily focused on Nigeria, Italy and broader EU cooperation. Since 2019, he has been serving on the advisory board of the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law.

Publications: 

• Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights. (2020). Closing the implementation gap: Criminal justice responses to illicit trade in South Eastern Europe and associated challenges.