Rate My Professor Hai Luong

Dr. Hai Thanh Luong, professionally known as Hai Luong, serves as a Lecturer in Criminology (Assistant Professor) at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the Faculty of Arts, Education and Law at Griffith University. He earned a Bachelor of Law in Criminal Investigation, a Master of Arts in Transnational Crime Prevention, an Advanced Diploma in Interpreting, and a PhD in Criminology from RMIT University in 2017. His doctoral thesis, titled 'Transnational Narcotics Trafficking and Law Enforcement: A Vietnam Perspective,' provided in-depth analysis of cross-border drug trafficking dynamics. Prior to joining Griffith University, Luong accumulated over twenty years of experience researching and teaching in Vietnamese police institutions. He previously held a Research Fellow position in Cyber Criminology at the University of Queensland and currently serves as an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at Liverpool John Moores University School of Law and Justice Studies.

Luong's academic interests center on cybercrime, transnational organized crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking, policing, and environmental crime, with emphasis on Southeast Asian contexts. His research advances knowledge on Vietnamese organized crime networks, coercion in scam operations, and AI applications in criminology. Key publications include the book 'Vietnamese Organized Crime in its International Dimension' (2025), 'Understanding the Nature of the Transnational Scam-Related Fraud: Challenges and Solutions from Vietnam's Perspective' (Laws, 2024), 'Transnational Crime and its Trends in South-East Asia' (Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2020), 'Enhancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Research Productivity: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Tools' (Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2025), and 'How Myanmar Became the Opium Capital of the World' (2024). With over 780 citations on Google Scholar, his work influences policy and academic discourse. Luong has received the Young Asian Criminologist Award from the Asian Society of Criminology (2021), Outstanding Paper Awards from the International Forum on Drug Policy, and Vietnamese Government Scholarships. A member of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, he contributes to editorial boards, trains in criminology and policing, and engages in public lectures and international collaborations.