Raul Vahtra Bio Photo

Raul Vahtra

Head of Financial Crime Risk and Management Board Member
Swedbank Estonia

I have been fighting crime for about 30 years. I have worked as a Police Officer for 25 years. Started as investigator of Organized Crime related crimes, worked as the Head of Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for 8 years (2004-2013) and Head of Internal Control of Estonian Police for 7 years (2013-2020). Since 2020 I work at Swedbank AS Estonia as the Head of Anti-Financial Crime / Member of Management Board. During my time as the head of Estonian FIU I also participated in the work of The Council of Europe MONEYVAL Expert Committee as Law Enforcement expert and in took part in other forums both on international and national level (FIU.NET, Egmont group, National AML Coordination Committee, Banking Association AML Working Group, etc).