Suleman Lazarus

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Dr Suleman Lazarus earned all his university degrees in the United Kingdom. He is the author of the monograph Cybercriminals (Yahoo Boys) and Society: Hustle Kingdoms, Occult Economies, and the Colonial Politics of Digital Fraud.

He is an Associate Editor of Digital Threats: Research and Practice, the peer-reviewed journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

He developed the Tripartite Cybercrime Framework (TCF), which categorises cybercrimes into three core motivational categories: socioeconomic, psychosocial, and geopolitical.

His research examines the relationship between cybercrime, online deviance, and society across various contexts, including West Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, and beyond.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Education

  • 2020 
    University of Portsmouth , Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
  • 2014 
    London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Master’s Degree (MSc)

Publications

  • 2026
    Space transition theory and its empirical applications in cybercrime research: a PRISMA-guided systematic review (2007 to 2025), Crime, Law and Social Change
  • 2026
    Africa, my home: What shadow of home remains?, Journal of Postcolonial Writing
  • 2026
    What Do We Know About Human Trafficking and Scam Compounds in Southeast Asia (2020–2025)? A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Coercive Deviant Enterprises, Deviant Behavior
  • 2025
    Pathways, Pressure, and Profit: Adaptive Innovation and Strain in a Convicted Cybercrime Academy Called Hustle Kingdom, Deviant Behavior
  • 2025
    Cybercrime against senior citizens: exploring ageism, ideal victimhood, and the pivotal role of socioeconomics, Security Journal
  • 2025
    Nigerian confraternities and mass cross-border fraud, Trends in Organized Crime
  • 2025
    Factors Influencing Involvement in Cyber-Frauds in West Africa and the Implications for Policy, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
  • 2025
    The Weaponization of Football Dreams in Human Trafficking Schemes, Journal of Human Trafficking
  • 2024
    An assessment of convicted cryptocurrency fraudsters, Current Issues in Criminal Justice
  • 2023
    What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021), Journal of Economic Criminology
  • 2022
    Tweets and Reactions: Revealing the Geographies of Cybercrime Perpetrators and the North-South Divide. , Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
  • 2022
    Exploring the Value of Feminist Theory in Understanding Digital Crimes., The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
  • 2021
    Demonstrating the Therapeutic Values of Poetry in Doctoral Research..., Methodological Innovations
  • 2019
    The Bifurcation of the Nigerian Cybercriminals: Narratives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Agents, Telematics and Informatics

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