Federica Zazzaro focuses on anti-money laundering compliance (AML/CFT), with a focus on both national and international regulations.

Following a rigorous academic education in corporate criminal law, she earned a Ph.D. in Criminal Law in 2025, defending a dissertation titled “The criminal liability of gatekeepers in business corporations”.
She completed a second-level Master’s Degree in Corporate Criminal Law at the University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Her research activities have spanned both national and international contexts, conducted in collaboration with universities and research institutions.
She spent a research period at the University of Liverpool – School of Law and Social Justice, where she presented her research “Corporate Criminal Liability in the EU Directive” at the international conference “The Future of European Criminal Law.”

She has participated as a speaker at both national and international conferences and contributes regularly to the online journal Corporate Crime & Compliance Hub.

Between 2021 and 2022, she completed a legal traineeship at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Appeal of Naples.