Shauna L. Willard

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Shauna L. Willard

Investigator & Business Intelligence Consultant

3400 Miami Tower 100 S.E. 2nd Street, Miami, Florida 33131

swillard@drtinvestigations.com

+1 305-423-4935

Biography


Senior federal law enforcement professional and with over 22 years of investigative experience specializing in national security, sanctions evasion, international corruption, foreign bribery, narcotics trafficking, and complex financial crime/asset recovery investigations.

Criminal Investigator with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Responsible for leading high-impact investigations involving BSA and OFAC violations, transnational organized crime, illicit finance networks, and foreign government corruption.

Extensive experience investigating global money laundering schemes, trade-based money laundering, hawala networks, and cryptocurrency-facilitated financial crime. Proven ability to manage large-scale international investigations involving foreign officials’ government, multinational financial institutions, and complex asset tracing across multiple jurisdictions.

Career highlights include: Responsible for over $300 million in asset seizures and forfeitures and more than $25 billion in illicit financial flows identified. Highly experienced in MLAT processes, Egmont requests, OFAC sanctions designations and/or removals, confidential informant management, and multi-agency task force operations.

Areas of Expertise


  • Investigated violations of U.S. sanctions laws and OFAC regulations, the Bank Secrecy Act, and international financial crime statutes.
  • Sanctions designations and/or removals and enforcement and OFAC violations
  • National security investigations
  • Foreign corruption and kleptocracy
  • Trade-based money laundering
  • Illicit finance and asset forfeiture
  • Cryptocurrency investigations
  • Hawala, BMPE, and underground banking systems
  • Complex financial analysis
  • International law enforcement cooperation
  • Confidential Informant management
  • Certified Undercover operations
  • Asset Recovery Intelligence, Investigations and seizures

Certifications


  • Chainalysis cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification
  • Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Reactor Certification
  • Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists
  • Asset Forfeiture and Financial Investigations Training
  • Women in Federal Law Enforcement, Seventh Annual Leadership Training Conference
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Financial Investigations Seminar
  • Investigation Training Institute, Tracing Illegal Proceeds