Transnational Organised Crime Risk to Australia

The session will briefly focus on the threat of transnational organized crime to
Australia in particular from drug trafficking, fraud, money laundering, human trafficking
and people smuggling and how international organized crime infiltrates the legitimate
economy.

Chris Douglas a former Australian police officer who served for 31 years with the
Australian Federal Police (AFP), where he worked in intelligence and operational units
initially in Sydney and later in Perth. He was involved in or managed investigations into drug
trafficking, people smuggling, human trafficking, corruption, organised crime and fraud,
particularly tax evasion. He has extensive experience in the investigation of money
laundering and in the conduct of financial investigations including the tracing and
recovery of funds laundered offshore.

Since 2015, Chris Douglas has been a consultant to the United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime in Nigeria where he has engaged in capacity building of local law enforcement
agencies.

Chris Douglas holds a Bachelor of Business Degree (Accounting) from Edith Cowan
University in Australia, a Graduate Certificate in Applied Management and is a graduate
of the 73rd Police Management Development Program from the Australian Institute of
Police Management. 

In June 2012 Chris received during the Queen’s Birthday Awards, Australia’s highest
police honour, the Australian Police Medal (APM), for distinguished service in the field of
investigations and management of economic crime and special operations and for the
delivery of financial investigation training within Australia and overseas.