Alessandra Fontana

Advisor for the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, focusing on illicit financial flows, money laundering and international economic crime.

Fontana is a Brazilian journalist with an MA degree in International Relations and Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, in England. Her MA research studied increased levels of violence in Brazil, with a focus on the impact of economic liberalisation policies during the country's transition period into democracy.

Previously, she coordinated a research project across Latin America (in Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala) on transparency in political finance, for Transparency International. Her earlier work experiences include research on financial mechanisms for international development for the European Network on Debt and Development in Brussels, and reporting at the business and finance desk for Abril Publishing group in São Paulo, Brazil.

Alessandra is responsible for the U4's theme page International Drivers of Corruption.