Eucojust expert network

Eucojust operates a database of international experts with practical expertise on international technical assistance against organised crime. These qualified individuals come from a variety of backgrounds and are experienced in working closely with national judicial and law enforcement authorities and with international organisations. Eucojust promotes the experts of its network while preserving their confidentiality. Eucojust also provides administrative and technical support to its experts. Eucojust experts remain independent and in particular are free to accept or refuse any potential missions. Eucojust promotes its expert network on a volontary basis and does not seek profit. We present below brief CVs of selected experts of the Eucojust network.

J. P.(France) is a senior expert on financial crime. J.P. brings to Eucojust more than 30 years of expertise as former French police officer specialist on measures against money laundering, frauds and corruption (DCPJ). He created and managed from 2004 to 2008 the Brigade Centrale de Lutte contre la Corruption of the French Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire (DCPJ). He carries out regularly international trainings on AML and anticorruption (Morocco, Lebanon, Cambodia, Egypt, Romania, Algeria, Benin and others).

P.M. (France) is a specialist on measures against illicit drug trafficking and anti-terrorism. He was for 10 years a police officer in the French counter-intelligence service (DST) where he gained practical experience on measures against terrorism especially and identification of European criminal networks. For more than 20 years he has been working in police services fighting crime and illicit drugs and between 2000 and 2008 became chief of the anti-drug police service for the region of Bordeaux (France). He has experience in operational cooperation with law enforcement services of UK and Spain. PM speaks French, English and Spanish.

T.M. (United Kingdom) is a specialist in relation to International Maritime Trafficking and the cocaine trade in general. TM has worked in a law enforcement operational environment for more than 30 years at many levels. He was an international expert at HM Revenue and Customs and in 2007 he became senior manager for the Serious Organised Crime Agency. TM has been posted in Jamaica and in New York as UK drug liaison officer. TM has in-depth knowledge of Caribbean and African criminal networks and has practical experience in managing anti drug operations. In 2007 TM became the first Executive Director of MAOC (N) (Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre – Narcotics) based in Lisbon. MAOC (N) is an interagency, mulitnational centre responsible for coordinating EU anti-trafficking measures on the High Seas. TM has good knowledge of EU procedures and EU JHA policies. He has also carried out training events on behalf of UNODC in South Africa and for the AFP in Australia.
L. B. (Belgium) is a specialist on project design on measures against illicit trafficking in developing countries. Between 1992 and 1999 L.B. was an officer for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in post in Colombia, Austria and in Uzbekistan. Between 1999 and 2000 L.B. was the manager of the EC-funded regional PHARE anti-drug programme posted in Latvia. In 2000, L.B. became an independent adviser and has been designing several anti-drug and security projects for the European Commission in Souther Cacausus, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Western Africa. L.B. has been providing external support to EC Aidco for several years and has good knowledge of EU procedures and strategies related to external aid in the field of security including the Instrument for Stability. L.B. founded Eucojust in 2004. He has a degree in Economics and a Master in International Relations from the University of Louvain. He speaks fluently French, English and Spanish.
N.B. (United Kingdom) is a specialist on law enforcement and intelligence matters. N.B. has worked in a law enforcement operational environment for more than 30 years assuming growing responsibilities. In 1997 he join the National Criminal Intelligence Service (now SOCA) as the International Director and in 2003 he became the Director of the Intelligence Services Division, responsible for sensitive intelligence gathering techniques across the UK. As member of NCIS Directorate he contributed to policy formulation on intelligence issues. He directed several large-scale investigations on drugs, people trafficking and money laundering and represented NCIS in several international fora. N.B. was also a member of the Europol management board. In 2006, N.B. retired from the NCIS and has subsequently been engaged by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as an Independent Consultant on drug and intelligence issues. NB is vetted to the highest UK security level and speaks English and French.
A.C. (France) is a specialist on measures against money laundering and terrorism financing. A C has been working for 27 years for the French national police as a specialist on financial crime (DCPJ). He also worked for the International Technical Assistance Service of the French Police (SCTIP) was posted in Mexico and in Bolivia. After retirement in 2002, A.C. became an international adviser on money laundering working for the UNODC, the EU, the OAS, the WB and IMF. He was the special adviser for the Mexican General Attorney’s Office against organised crime (2006-2008). He developed and implement AML trainings for judicial and law enforcement authorities in all Latin American countries, Caribbean Islands, Africa, Austria and Afghanistan. AC is regularly assessing the implementation of the FAFT recommendations in several countries of the world on behalf of the WB and the IMF. AC speaks French, Spanish and English.
E.B (Italy and USA) is an international adviser on measures against organised crime and related public sector corruption. Between 2000 and 2004 he was an officer of the United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (UNODC) posted in Austria. Between 2005 and 2006 he worked as chief of mission of an EU-funded project in Afghanistan covering the training of all judges and prosecutors. Between 1993 and 2000, he worked as an anticorruption program and judicial training specialist for The World Bank. Since 2006 E.B. became an independent adviser and designed and implemented anti-organised crime trainings benefiting law enforcement and judicial authorities in 67 countries in Africa, Asia, Central/Eastern Europe and Latin America. E.B. has 20 years of experience as a program manager and has doctoral and master degrees in law and economics. He held professorial positions at several top-ranked universities and published numerous peer-reviewed research papers on organised crime and public sector corruption. He speaks fluently English and Spanish and acquired working knowledge of French and German.
L.C. (Colombia), is a specialist on investigations against money laundering, terrorism and international organised crime. Between 1994 and 2006 L.C. was prosecutor within the General Attorney Office of Colombia (Fiscalia General de la Nacion, FGN). He headed several judicial investigation teams focussing on the financial structures of subversive armed groups in Colombia (FARC, ELN and AUC). In 2005 he became the chief prosecutor of the anti money laundering department of the Colombian FGN. He retired in 2006 and became a consultant-trainer in money laundering investigations. He is also an expert for the GAFISUD for which he undertook assessments and training in Chile, Brazil and Uruguay. L.C. is professor in criminal law in various universities of Bogota and at the Centre for Higher Education of the Colombian National Police (CESPO). L.C. has a degree in Law (Andes University) and a master in Penal Law (External University).
M.C. (France), is a specialist against financial crime, money laundering and terrorism financing. From 1973 to 2002, he was a superior officer in the French national police, specialised on economic and financial investigations (DCPJ/DNIF/OCRDF). After retirement in 2003 he became an independent expert on financial crime and implemented several training missions for the French Police (SCTIP), the World Bank and the European Commission (MEDA) in Estonia, Gabon, Mexico, Haiti and Algeria. Since 2004 he heads a private consultancy specialised on investigations on financial crime and bankruptcy. M.C. speaks French and English.
P.C. (United Kingdom) is an international consultant on drug trafficking and drug abuse. A former Chief Superintendent of Police in the United Kingdom, P.C. has an extensive knowledge of the illicit drug world, both in respect of anti-trafficking and demand reduction. In the mid 1990s he was the United Kingdom police representative on the EU Drugs and Organised Working Group. PC retired from the UK police in 1997 and become an independent consultant. He has worked on drug issues in over 40 countries including Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the Europe Union on behalf of the United Nations, the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), national governments and individual agencies. He has a degree in Law and a Master of Science in Criminology.
R.C. (United Kingdom) is a senior expert on organised crime and on design of EU-funded programmes in SSR. RC has 20 years experience as senior investigator in KH police, 6 years as adviser within PAMECA (Albania), experience in Soudan and recently as adviser in EU police mission in Afghanistan. RC has a master degree in crisis management and speaks English, Cantonese and Albanian.
A.G. (United Kingdom) is a specialist in the reform and modernisation of policing. For 36 years, he served as a member of the UK police. In 1988 he became Chief Superintendent with responsibility for the command of one of the UK’s major cities. He then took on several senior managerial posts including Head of the Police Inspectorate (1991), Head of Personnel and Training (1994), Head of Operations (1997), and in 1998 became Assistant Chief Constable responsible for personnel, training and organisational development. A.G. retired in 1999 and became an independent consultant. He undertook assignments for the Home Office, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the EC and the UK's Central Police Training Body (CENTREX). In particular, he provided technical advice to police authorities of several candidate countries with a view to modernising their forces to prepare them for EU accession (these counties included Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Slovenia, Czech and Slovak Republics, Turkey).
Prof. S.G. (Mexico) is a specialist on measures against organized crime and corruption, and on criminal justice reform. Between 1989 and 1998, SG has been working for the General Prosecutor Office of Mexico on reforms of the judiciary and anti-corruption strategies and in 1997-1998 he was the head of the Mexican special Unit against organized crime of the federal prosecutors. Between 2000 and 2003 SG was an Interregional adviser for the Global Programme against Organised Crime of United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (UNODC) posted in Vienna. He was responsible for promoting the UN convention against organised crime (Palermo Convention) and developed and implemented training for judges and prosecutors in 27 countries in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe and Afghanistan. Since 2004, SG became an independent expert on organized crime and criminal justice. SG is also Professor of Law at the UNAM University and published several papers on the reform of the Criminal justice system, organized crime and corruption and terrorism. He has a Degree in Law (Mexico) and a PhD in Philosophy of Law (Italy). SG speaks fluently Spanish, English and Italian.
H.H. (The Netherlands) is a specialist on seaport control. He worked for the Dutch customs for 43 years in different capacities and retired in 2000 as Head of the national Dutch Customs Intelligence Centre (D.I.C.). Since then he has been working for the United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Development program (UNDP), the European Commission, Eurocustoms, and the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council ( CCLEC ) on issues related to illicit trafficking of drugs and precursors by sea. He has been providing advice on risk analysis to many seaports in the world. HH is a qualified superior officer from Dutch police. He speaks fluently Dutch and English.
J.I. (Nigeria) is a senior expert on financial crime (AML/CFT) with practical experience with GIABA in Dakar and EFCC in Abuja. Before this she was project manager with UNODC and USAIDS. I.J. is an Attorney with 17 years experience in many countries of West Africa.
E.M.J. (Mexico) is a specialist on police reforms and kidnapping negotiations. For more than 20 years, EMJ has been an adviser for the Mexican Prosecutor office and was in 1996 and 1997 the Mexican Special Prosecutor against kidnappings. E.M. has in-depth knowledge of police training methods in EU and USA where he undertook various field missions. EM was the director of the Mexican Judiciary Police Institute. He was also responsible for training at the Mexican National Institute of Penal Sciences. EM drafted best practices of the Mexican police and prison system. In the last ten years EM became independent consultant focussing on public and private security. EM has a degree in law and a Doctorate on public security. He speaks fluently Spanish and English.
A.K. (France) is a specialist in the fight against terrorism. K.A. has been working for 37 for the French police involved in different capacity in the fight against terrorism (DCJP), fight against organised crime (OCRTEH- OCRB) and anti-drugs. He worked for 10 years for the International Cooperation Service of the French Police (SCTIP) in Paris as training manager and in post in Gabon and in Warsaw. After retirement he became an independent consultant on illicit drugs for the European Commission and the United Nations and has been posted for one year in Dushanbe managing an anti-drug project. A.K. is a qualified superior officer from the National Police School. He speaks fluently French, Russian and English.
A.M. (Canada & Ireland) is a specialist on drug control, anti-money laundering, financing of terrorism and anti-corruption measures. He worked with the UN for 10 years from 1982 in VietNam, North Africa, New York and Denmark. From 1992 to 1995, he was the Regional Director for the United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (UNODC) in the Caribbean. From 1996 to 2000, he was the Regional Advisor for the anti-drug programme of the European Commission in the Caribbean. He became an independent consultant in 2000 and worked for the UN and the EC in Nigeria, Madagascar, Suriname, Caribbean, and southern China on issues related to drugs and corruption. Since 2007 he is an expert on anti- money laundering measures within the GIABA posted in Dakar, Sénégal. M.A. holds a Masters Degree in Criminology (Université de Montréal). He is fluent in English, French and Spanish, with a good command of Portuguese.
Dr I.O. (UK) is an expert on illicit drugs and police reforms. I.O. is a former police officer with 37 years of experience in four different UK forces in England and Scotland. Since leaving the police in 1998, Dr I.O. has been an independent consultant specialising in policing and counter-narcotics. He undertook assignments for the United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (UNODC) in several countries in South East Asia, China and Central Asia. He has helped to establish several Drug Control Agencies in Central Asia. He has a wide experience in Afghanistan where he was involved with the Provincial Reconstruction Team. Dr I.O. is also the author of several books on police management and illicit drugs and taught at Universities and Colleges on inter-relationship between Drug Trafficking and Terrorism. Dr. I.O. is a member of expert committees on drugs and was twice the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland as well as being elected International Vice President of the International Association of Chief Police Officers. Dr I.O. has degrees in law, social sciences and a doctorate in public administration.
M.O. (France) is a specialist on Forensic Analysis and crime investigation. Between 1975 and 2006, he was a superior officer in the French National Police. Between 1988 and 1995 he was the head of the Regional Department of the Police on Judicial Identity (SRPJ Clermont-Ferrant). From 1995 to 2001, he worked as an experts for the International Cooperation Agency of the French Police (SCTIP) and was posted in Ecuador and in Colombia. From 2001 to 2005, he was senior trainer at the French anti-drug Training Centre of Martinique (French West Indies) responsible for anti drug training in several countries in Latin America. M.O. retired from the French Police in 2006 and became an independent drug expert. He designed and implemented several training on forensic analysis and precursor control in Latin America and the Caribbean. M.O. speaks fluently French, Spanish and English.
J.P. (France) is a specialist on economic and financial crime including corruption and money laundering Between 1980 and 2008, J.P. was a superior officer in the French National Police responsible (between 1983 and 2003) for all financial investigations in the Paris region. In 2003, J.P. created the Central Department for the fight against corruption of the Judicial Police ("Brigade Centrale de Lutte contre la corruption" or BCLC/DCPJ) which he headed between 2004 and 2008. J.P. retired from the Police in 2008 and became an independent consultant and trainer on investigations on financial crime and corruption. He design and implemented trainings in Djibouti in Benin, Czech Republic, Algeria, Roumania, Egypt, Mauritius Islands, Cambodgia and Lebanon. J.P. has a degree in Law. He speak fluently French and English.
I.R. (United Kingdom) is a drugs expert in both enforcement and prevention strategies. He was a UK police officer for thirty years, much of this time spent on drug issues, including time as an operational drug enforcement officer, a field intelligence officer with the National Drugs Intelligence Unit. IR has been the UK Police & Customs Drugs Liaison Officer to The Netherlands, a UK Police Force Drugs Co-ordinator, a Regional Government Drugs Advisor and a Drugs Policy Advisor at the Home Office. Since retirement IR has acted as a private consultant involved in training of law enforcement officers and assisting countries in the development of drug strategies and policies. Countries IR has assisted include, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Botswana, Poland, Dubai and Libya. IR lead at the home office on the development of Middle Market teams and has carried out EU and UNODC funded drug projects.
W.S (Germany) is a specialist on maritime and border control. W.S has more than 30 years of practical experience in developing and implementing border management for law enforcement and border authorities in developing countries on border control (IBM). WS has also been responsible for managing security- related assistance projects on behalf of the EC, the UN and for the private sector. He was posted in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. WS is also a teacher in sea and harbour economics. WS has an advanced degree in seafaring (master mariner) from the University of Applied Sciences, Oldenburg and a masters degree in sea and harbour economics from the University of Hamburg. He speaks fluently German and English.
J.V. (The Netherlands) is a specialist on prison management and prison reforms. J.V. has been working for more than 35 years for the Ministry of Justice of The Netherlands. During these years he gained practical experience in managing several prisons. He also participated in the development of new policies on diseases prevention in prisons and rehabilitation programmes for inmates. In 2000 he became the General Governor of the Dutch Prison Service and the coordinator of international activities of all Dutch Prisons. During his career J.V. also provided assistance on prison reforms in several candidate countries such as Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland and Czech Republic. He retired in 2006 and became an independent expert working mostly for the EC, the Council of Europe and UNICEF. He was the manager of an EC-funded project on prison reforms posted in Estonia. He provided assessment and advises for prison managers in Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Ghana , Surinam and Curacao and China. JV speaks Dutch, English and German.
M.J. (Hungary) is an expert on border management (IBM). He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Hungarian Border Guards. For more than 21 years he has been assuming growing responsibility within the Hungarian Border Guards and retired in 2005 as the Head of Border Policing Department. Between 2005 and 2009 he worked as risk advisor of the EC- funded EUBAM programme posted in Moldova. MJ also provided border management advices to Azerbaijan and Ukraine. MJ has extensive knowledge of EU border policies including FRONTEX. He speaks Hungarian, English and Russian.
A.E. (The Netherlands) is an expert on illicit drugs. For more than 30 years, AE has been assuming growing responsibilities within the Dutch anti-drug police where he founded the synthetic drug department and developed various training guidelines. He was for many years the director of the EC-funded Synthetic drug project covering all former Phare countries. He also provided advices on policy reforms in countries in the Balkan region (CARDS). He is also an expert on intelligence led policy and in 2006-2008 undertook an overall assessment information and intelligence management within the Dutch Police. More recently AE has been coordinating a network of police anti-drug experts. AE Speaks Dutch, English and German.
MG (USA) is an senior expert on financial investigations. He was working for several years as a senior investigator for the IRS Criminal investigations and then for the US Treasury Department and was responsible for several international financial investigations on narcotic and other criminal organisations in the USA and in Latin America. He is a respected trainer on financial investigative techniques and money laundering analysis. MG has been in post in USA, Mexico and Colombia and conducted training in Tanzania, Paraguay, Ecuador, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Kazakhstan. He as a master in Business administration and speak fluently English, French and Spanish.