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Igoris
Krzeckovskis

Key Expert — Financial Crime & Asset Recovery · AML Certification Centre

Colonel of the Interior of Lithuania (retired). Ex-Head of FIU Lithuania. UNODC, UN, EU, OSCE international expert in AML/CFT and criminal asset recovery. 32+ years. Honorary Lecturer, University of Portsmouth. Expert missions in 20+ countries.

32+ Years Ex-Head FIU Lithuania Colonel (ret.) U. of Portsmouth Vilnius, Lithuania
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About

Igoris Krzeckovskis is a Key Expert at AML Certification Centre, Colonel of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (retired), and one of Eastern Europe’s most experienced international experts on financial crime investigation, anti-money laundering, and criminal asset recovery. He began his career in 1993 at the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania, where he rose to serve as Head of the Financial Intelligence (AML) and Prevention Department of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) — Lithuania’s Financial Intelligence Unit — and later as Adviser to FCIS in the rank of Colonel.

Since retiring from the Ministry of the Interior in February 2015, Igoris has operated as an independent international consultant, delivering expert missions for UNODC, the United Nations, the European Union, OSCE, Council of Europe, Europol, Eurojust, IOM, and the World Bank across more than 20 countries spanning Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Africa. He is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Portsmouth (from February 2024), and a member of the Ethics Advisory Board of the EU-funded KEYSTONE project at Coventry University.

Between 2000 and 2012 he was a Member of the Lithuanian Delegation in Moneyval (Council of Europe) and in the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. From 2013 he served as Chairman of the Anti-Fraud Working Group of the Council of the European Union during Lithuania’s EU Presidency.

Notable Contributions

Head of FIU Lithuania — FCIS, Ministry of the Interior (2011–2015) — Served as Head of the Financial Intelligence (AML) and Prevention Department of the Financial Crime Investigation Service, responsible for coordinating Lithuania’s AML/CFT framework, heading the national FIU, and coordinating joint investigations with Europol, Eurojust, OLAF, and partners from the US, UK, Germany, Italy, Finland, Sweden, and Poland.
EU High Level Adviser on AML — Republic of Moldova (2016–2020) — Appointed as European Union High Level Adviser on Anti-Money Laundering to the Office for Prevention and Fight against Money Laundering and Criminal Asset Recovery Agency, Chisinau, Moldova — one of the most senior EU advisory roles in Eastern European AML reform.
Chairman — Anti-Fraud Working Group, Council of the EU (Jul–Dec 2013) — Chaired the Group Anti-Fraud of the Council of the European Union during Lithuania’s Presidency of the EU Council, coordinating EU-wide policy on fraud and financial crime enforcement.
Leader — EUPA4BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sep 2024–present) — Leader of Cluster III (Financial Crime/AML) in the EU-funded EUPA4BiH project implementing FATF recommendations and the Moneyval 2024 Report recommendations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, delivered through IRZ Germany.
UNODC International Consultant — 20+ countries — Long-term and short-term expert missions in criminal asset recovery, parallel financial investigations, AML/CFT framework development, and capacity building for law enforcement agencies in Georgia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, and others — for UNODC, OSCE, EU, Council of Europe, and IOM.
Moneyval & Egmont Group — Lithuanian Delegation (2000–2012) — Represented Lithuania for 12 years in the Council of Europe’s Moneyval and in the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, contributing to international AML/CFT mutual evaluation processes and FIU intelligence-sharing frameworks.
Honorary Lecturer — University of Portsmouth (from Feb 2024) — Appointed as Honorary Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Portsmouth, delivering lectures on combating money laundering and terrorism financing. Previously guest lecturer at Portsmouth’s Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime (Apr 2023).
Special Adviser — IPoS, University for Public Administration, Bremen (2018–2023) — Special Adviser to the Institute of Police and Security Research at the University for Public Administration (HfÖV Police Academy) under the Senate of Interior and the Senate of Finance in Bremen, Germany.

Courses I Teach

Certified AML Senior Specialist (CASS) — Contributes modules on FIU operations, parallel financial investigations, criminal asset recovery frameworks, and FATF-compliant national risk assessment methodologies, drawn from 32+ years of operational and advisory practice.
Featured in the AML Frontline Chronicles interview series — Sharing practitioner insights on FIU leadership, international cooperation, and the operational realities of asset recovery across Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Role
International Consultant — Criminal Asset Recovery & Financial Crime
UNODC · EU · OSCE · Council of Europe · Mar 2015 — present
Expertise
AML / CTFAsset RecoveryFIU OperationsFinancial InvestigationFATF ComplianceCorruption PreventionVirtual AssetsCybercrimeOSINTMoneyval
Activity

Events, Lectures & Interviews

Selected public appearances and contributions by Igoris.

Event · Oct 2025 · Naivasha, Kenya
AML Certification Centre — Roundtable with AML/CFT Supervisory Authorities of Kenya
Achievement of Compliance in AML/CFT Risk-Based Supervision
Conference · May 2026 · Berlin
European Police Congress — Berlin
Systematic Preparation of Crypto-Capable Financial Investigators · with Andrei Sribny
Interview · AML Frontline Chronicles
AML Frontline Chronicles — Igoris Krzeckovskis
FIU operations · asset recovery · Eastern European AML landscape
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