Gareth Dothie

Head of Bribery and Corruption Investigations - City of London Police

Gareth Dothie is Head of Investigations and Intelligence for the Domestic Corruption Unit, a new Home Office sponsored department sat within the City of London Pollice. He is building national capabilities and inter-agency coordination to tackle bribery and corruption and wider economic crime across the UK. 

Gareth is an experienced fraud and financial crime professional who has held a number of national lead roles, including Head of Fraud Operations for the City of London Police. 

Fraud Operations focusses on nationally significant and high-harm fraud and money laundering investigations and works with partners at home and overseas to protect the UK from financial crime. 

Gareth has been in law enforcement since 2006. He has a background that includes murder investigations, organised crime, counter terrorism and human trafficking before moving to the National Lead Force for Fraud in the City of London Police and specialising in fraud, financial crime and bribery and corruption.

All Sessions by Gareth Dothie

13:15 - 13:45

BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION

Session: The role of bribery and corruption in facilitating financial crime in the UK

  • The corruption threat and the UK’s evolving counter corruption landscape
  • How bribery and corruption intersect with fraud, financial crime and organised crime networks
  • Corruption as an insider threat; signs and system vulnerabilities

14:50 - 15:30

SANCTION EVASION

Panel Discussion: Sanctions Evasion Tactics: Legal Structures and Emerging Threats

  • The use of shell companies and layered ownership structures to obscure financial flows and evade regulatory oversight
  • The exploitation of virtual assets and cryptocurrencies as alternative channels for sanctions circumvention and money laundering
  • Trade-based money laundering schemes. Including falsified invoicing and deceptive supply-chain arrangements, to bypass sanctions enforcement