Lessons from a life in international investigations

He has travelled to 103 countries, worked for prestigious cross-border institutions and investigated many types of crime, including fraud, corruption, money laundering, domestic and international terrorism and its financing, UN sanctions violations, war crimes, sexual offences and wildlife crime. Harjit Sandhu of Canvass Research and Investigations distils some of the key learnings of his 40-year career.

Harjit Sandhu (+32 472 71 27 29 or +39 342 761 3116, harjit@canvassinvestigations.com) is managing director of Canvass Research and Investigations (www.canvassinvestigations.com). His career has included roles in India's Police Service and Central Bureau of Investigations, Interpol, the UN Security Council, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, World Food Programme, and more recently, his own consultancy. In addition to being a Certified Fraud Examiner, Harjit has investigated a plethora of types of crime.

He has travelled to 103 countries, worked for prestigious cross-border institutions and investigated many types of crime, including fraud, corruption, money laundering, domestic and international terrorism and its financing, UN sanctions violations, war crimes, sexual offences and wildlife crime. Harjit Sandhu of Canvass Research and Investigations distils some of the key learnings of his 40-year career.