Brian
Davis
Brian S. Davis currently serves as the Director of the Cross-Border Financial Crime Center for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the principal investigative component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). HSI investigates, disrupts, and dismantles transnational criminal organizations and terrorist networks that threaten or seek to exploit the customs and immigration laws of the United States.
In his current role Mr. Davis leads agency efforts to support the prosecution, disruption, and dismantlement of illicit finance networks; strengthen the financial and fintech industries against illicit activity; and enhance communication between government and private sector partners. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Davis worked in the Office of the Executive Associate Director where he led HSI’s Congressional Program and overall engagement with the United States Congress. Mr. Davis began his federal law enforcement career in 1999 and has since held a variety of leadership positions within HSI, including as the Deputy Chief of Staff, HSI Attaché in The Hague, Netherlands, and HSI Attaché in Brussels, Belgium.
Mr. Davis has extensive experience with conducting and leading complex criminal investigations and operations, including those involving money laundering; terrorism finance; bank fraud and wire fraud violations; technology proliferation; intellectual property theft; and the smuggling of humans, weapons, bulk currency, narcotics, and other contraband. Mr. Davis also served as a DHS Fellow to the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations where he authored a 150-page investigative report in 2020, The Art Industry and U.S. Policies that Undermine Sanctions, that identified legislative gaps and vulnerabilities that enabled Russian oligarchs to evade and abet U.S. economic sanctions.
Mr. Davis is a Certified Anti-Money Specialist (CAMS) and graduated with High Honors from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice.