Modern slavery and human trafficking (domestic and international) • Organised crime • Police procedure Colin is a retired senior police officer and modern slavery expert. Throughout his distinguished career, Colin played a key role in shaping effective community policing models, combatted both domestic and international organised crime, and led responses to major terrorist incidents. Colin also led high-profile investigations into human trafficking. He was the Tactical Lead for the first-ever EU Joint Investigation Team (JIT) focused on human trafficking. Th...

Modern slavery and trafficking of human beings • Sexual violence/physical violence offender risk assessment and management • Child abuse and neglect • Domestic abuse, coercive and controlling relationships, intimate partner violence • Interviewing vulnerable and intimidated witnesses (under Achieving Best Evidence Guidance)

More than 18 years of consulting experience on organised crime and corruption in Eurasia • Academically affiliated with world-leading institutions including Oxford, Princeton and King's College London • Providing expert services to UN, OSCE and Council of Europe Areas of expertise • Country reports on countries of expertise (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) • Organised crime • Policing • Terrorism funding • Drugs •

I am recognised as a leading expert on investigating human trafficking for the purposes of exploitation. I served for 31 years as a police officer with the Metropolitan Police between November 1980 and April 2011. I retired at the rank of Superintendent with a certificate of exemplary service. In addition, I am an accredited Eurojust expert on Joint Investigation Teams and Mutual Legal Assistance. In my police service I began investigating human trafficking from 2005 until my retirement. This was within London, across the UK and at international level. My investigations achieved t...