Zora Hauser is a DPhil candidate at the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the expansion of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, Italy’s most international mafia. Her research interests include migration of mafia groups, extortion dynamics within diaspora communities, and agency in criminal settings. Zora has previously worked in the private sector on countering transnational trafficking, and served as an analyst for the NATO Foundation and the Italian Ministry of Defence. She holds an MA in International Relations and a BA in Political Science from LUISS University, Rome.