Neil Walsh - UNODC

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The Career Guide Podcast is a behind-the-scenes conversation with professionals who have managed to develop long-term careers overseas with organizations like the United Nations, EU, NATO, and OSCE. The goal of this interview series is not to provide technical details and advice already covered in this course but to hear from career professionals about the experiences, challenges, and life as an international professional. 

Today we’re talking with Neil Walsh who has been working as the Chief of the Cybercrime, Anti-Money Laundering, and Counter-Financing of Terrorism Department of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) based in Vienna for the last 5 years. Neil started out as an Investigator in the UK National Criminal Intelligence Service working on terrorism, organized crime and weapons, and human trafficking; he worked with the FBI in a Joint Task Force in New York after 9/11. Later he moved on to work for 4 years as the deputy head of the UK's liaison bureau at Europol in the Hague. Neil also had a posting in the UK’s High Commission in Malta looking at organized crime, including human trafficking through East and North Africa into the Mediterranean. Overall, Neil has spent over 11 years working internationally and is here with us today to share his thoughts and perspectives on international work. 

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