QUT Centre for Justice members, Associate Professor Danielle Watson (left) and Professor Cassandra Cross have received media attention following their recent Google Academic Research Award for the project, “Strengthening Scam Reporting Mechanisms in the Pacific.”
Associate Professor Watson, who has conducted extensive research in the Pacific across drug trafficking, online casinos, outlaw motorcycle gangs and the capacity of Pacific Island countries (PIC’s) to respond to transnational organised crime threats, noted that “victims of scams in PICs often face social stigma, institutional distrust, language barriers and digital illiteracy, all of which contribute to underreporting and weak enforcement outcomes.”
Professor Cross is a globally recognised authority on scam victimisation, fraud and cybercrime. She said that while global research on scam victimisation was growing, it was focused on high-income settings in the Global North.
“The research literature has not adequately addressed the structural, cultural and logistical realities of small island developing states,” Professor Cross said.
“This will be the first comparative, multi-country study to empirically examine scam reporting systems across three Pacific nations.
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