Thesis 

I research how the use of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has affected the criminal business in relation to crimes committed, offenders involved, locations and their motivations.  In particular, I am interested in actors such as criminal groups operating in Darknet spaces such as cryptomarkets.

 

list of publications

Scientific article

 

 

 

• Buil Gil, D. & Saldaña-Taboada, P. (2021) Offending concentration on the Internet: An exploratory analysis of Bitcoin-related cybercrime. Deviant Behavior, 1-18 https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2021.1988760
• Maldonado Guzmán, D., Saldaña-Taboada, P. and Salafranca Barreda, D. (2020) Aplicación del análisis de umbral a los delitos patrimoniales en los barrios y distritos de Barcelona. Boletín Criminológico, 27 (8), 1 - 34.
• Maldonado Guzmán, D., Saldaña-Taboada, P. and Miguel Álvaro, A. (2020) Análisis Espacial de la Inseguridad Percibida en Barcelona: el Papel de los Barrios Adyacentes y de los Factores Psicosociales Implicados. Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, 31 (1), 63 - 73.
• Saldaña-Taboada, P. (2018) ¿Por qué las organizaciones criminales utilizan criptomonedas? Los bitcoins en el crimen organizado. El criminalista digital. Papeles de Criminología. 7, 1 - 41.

list of presentations

Presentations at conferences or scientific events

 

 

 

 

• Saldaña-Taboada, P. (November 2021) The criminal landscape of cryptocurrency crime in Spain. XIII Spanish Criminology Conference. Spanish Society for Research in Criminology. Spanish.
• Saldaña-Taboada, P. (November, 2021) Where is my order? Analysis of the role of Bitcoin in buying and selling fraud offences in Spain. Nordic Cybercrime Conference, Virtual.
• Saldaña-Taboada, P. (2021) Anonymity versus privacy of crime in the Blockchain. International Hispanic-Portuguese and Ibero-American Conference on “Digital Society and Civil Law”. Granada: Department of Civil Law of the University of Granada and the Research Group "Person, Family and Minors" (SEJ-346). Spanish.
• Saldaña-Taboada, P. (2020) The role of cryptocurrencies in criminal organizations. European Society of Criminology, Lausanne, Switzerland, English.
• Saldaña-Taboada, P. (2019) A shadow criminal business: crypto-markets. Spanish Society of Criminological Research, Faculty of Law (University of Granada) and Andalusian Inter-University Institute of Criminology. Spanish.
• Saldaña-Taboada, P. (June, 2019) What is it about cryptocurrencies that attracts organised crime?. II National Congress/ IV Conference of Researchers in Training Promoting Interdisciplinary. University of Granada, International Graduate School and the Council of Doctoral Students' Representatives. Granada, Spain.
• Saldaña-Taboada, P. (April, 2019) Why are bitcoins of interest to criminal organisations? Conference on Anonymity, Security and Privacy 2019 (JASYP '19). School of Computer and Telecommunication Engineering of the University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
• Saldaña-Taboada, P. (June, 2018) Why is organised crime paid for in cryptocurrencies?. Spanish Conference on Criminology 2018. Spanish Society of Criminological Research. Oviedo, Spain.

list of grants and awards received

• 2021  Mobility grant for beneficiaries of the University Teacher Training Programme, Spanish Government.
• 2020  Grant for university teacher training, Spanish Government.
• 2020  Award for the best junior research presented in the Spanish Meeting of Early Career Researchers in Criminology.
• 2019  Grant from the International Mobility Programme for Doctoral Students, University of Granada.
• 2018  Extraordinary Prize of Highest Degree for master’s degree.
• 2018  Final Dissertation Award for master’s students.

implications

• 2022  Organizer member of III Meeting of Early Career Researchers in Criminology for Spanish network of Early Career Researchers in Criminology and Spanish Society. https://rejicblog.wordpress.com/
  Research conferences that bring together young researchers from all over Spain and abroad with different areas of research to share their work.
• 2020 - Ongoing Board member of the Spanish Network of Early Career Researchers in Criminology.
• 2020 - Ongoing Board member of the Andalusian Association of Criminologists.
• 2019 - Ongoing Member of the European Society of Criminology.
• 2019 - Ongoing Organizer member of Conference of Young Researchers in Training for the Council of doctoral representatives. http://jornadasjiffi.ugr.es/
  Research conferences that bring together young researchers from all over Spain and abroad with different areas of research to share their work.
• 2018 - Ongoing Member of the Cybercrime Groupe of the Spanish Society of Criminological Research. https://sd2.ugr.es/
• Member of the research unit of the Digital Society: Security and Protection of Rights.
  A multidisciplinary group of specialists with the aim of promoting knowledge of the digital environment in order to respond to new regulatory needs.