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Dr. Alexander Chance

Head of Policy & Research, Transparency International (TI) Ireland

Dr. Alexander Chance specialises in strategic approaches to transnational organised crime, illicit finance and corruption, including in post-conflict settings. As Head of Policy and Research at Transparency International (TI) Ireland, Alexander leads programmes on anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and political integrity, and is also co-founder of TI’s global Working Group on Corruption and Organised Crime.

Alongside his TI role, he is a Senior Fellow at the Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy (Ireland’s national security think-tank) and an Associate Fellow at RUSI within the Organised Crime and Policing group. In his early career, Alexander consulted for the UN before coordinating track II mediation processes between political and religious leaders in Israel/Palestine and Nigeria. He then entered law enforcement, serving in the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) and its precursor agencies in operational, strategy and management positions, including five years running cross-border counter-narcotics operations in South America, as well as leading specialist anti-corruption and cyber-crime teams.

Alexander completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin, where his research examined the relationship between organised crime, governance and peacebuilding in post-war Mozambique. He also holds an MPhil in International Peace Studies from Trinity College Dublin and a BA in Law and Politics from Durham University.

Publications

Chance, A., ‘The changing scope of ownership transparency and its relevance to national security’. The Azure Forum Strategic Insights, No. 13/25, July 2025.

Chance, A. and Devitt, J. (eds.), ‘Weak Links: Irish Corporate Structures and Illicit Financial Flows’. Transparency International Ireland, December 2024.

Chance, A., ‘Illicit Finance: Implications for National Security and the Need for a New Strategic Response’. The Institute of International & European Affairs, March 2024.

Chance, A., ‘‘Follow the Money’ … But how far? Tackling Transnational Illicit Financial Flows Through Ireland’. The Azure Forum Strategic Insights, No. 32/23, July 2025.

Chance, A., ‘Ireland’s place in the global cocaine trade: Implications for public security’. The Azure Forum Strategic Insights, No. 12/23, May 2023.

Chance, A., ‘Exploring Serious and Organised Crime across Ireland and the UK: Towards a Shared Understanding of a Shared Threat’. The Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy, March 2022.

Chance, A., Winning the peace, losing the state? Organised crime, governance and liberal peacebuilding in post-war Mozambique. Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, December 2021.

Chance, A. and King, C., ‘Safe Haven? Targeting the proceeds of foreign corruption in Ireland’. Transparency International Ireland, February 2021.

Chance, A., ‘Corruption, organised crime and conflict in Mozambique: Exploring the role of international donors’. The Azure Forum Strategic Insights, No. 3/21, February 2021.

Chance, A., ‘A criminalised peace? The impact of organised crime and corruption on peacebuilding in Kosovo’. Achieving Sustainable Development, FutureLearn, April 2017.

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