Policing know-how

Ideally, police and other law enforcement officers working against money laundering and terrorist financing will combine the best elements of two different professions: the forensic skills of the conventional police detective and the expert knowledge of an experienced financial practitioner such as work in the larger banks and finance houses. In practice, most investigators have a background in law enforcement though this is not always the case and there are several different approaches to qualification as Alan Osborn discovers.

Europe

Europol, the European Union (EU) law enforcement organisation that handles criminal intelligence, only takes on people from law enforcement agencies in the EU member countries. The organisation sets tough standards for entry and picks only those successful in two days of exacting tests in competition with law enforcement officers from all EU countries.