Richard Joyce

Richard J. Joyce is a law enforcement investigations and management professional. He has extensive experience in domestic and international criminal and financial investigations, with over 30 years of professional experience in law enforcement. As a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent, he gained extensive experience in investigating domestic and international drug trafficking and money laundering organizations, as well as overseeing operations and working jointly with a variety of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. While with the Office of Financial Investigations (FO) - Europe, Asia, and Africa Section, his duties included conducting financial audits, reviewing the effectiveness of DEA money laundering investigations, and coordinating the development and oversight of significant financial investigations targeting high-level money laundering operations. In 2012, he has promoted to the position of DEA Liaison Officer to INTERPOL and oversaw the INTERPOL-Washington NCB Drug Division. In 2015, he retired from the DEA and worked as a Program Manager on a joint US/Saudi Arabia capacity-building project supporting the Saudi General Directorate for Narcotics Control (GDNC). In this position, he managed a group of contract employees assisting the GDNC in the development of a multi-faceted law enforcement training program. In 2022, he joined Regional Dialogue and has been working with Uzbek officials to develop sustainable training and capacity-building programs supporting Uzbekistan's Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Terror Financing (AML/CFT) efforts.