Richard
Napper
Richard Napper is the team leader for the Complex Financial Crime Team (South) (CFCT) within the NCA, and the Senior Investigating Officer responsible for a number of complex investigations. The CFCT leads the NCA’s fight against serious and organised financial crime, including money laundering and fraud.
Richard has significant experience having joined HM Customs & Excise (HMC&E) in January 1988. After a number of years in uniform working at the UK border, in August 1997 Richard was appointed to HMC&E’s National Investigation Service at the UK’s busiest ferry port, Dover, investigating the cross border movement of illicit goods. In 1998 Richard became accredited as a Financial Investigator and then went on to prepare and deliver financial training to UK Law Enforcement partners.
Joining the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) at its inception in 2006, Richard had a key role in developing the agency’s response to financial crime, particularly money laundering. This continued when SOCA became the National Crime Agency in 2013.
Since 2016 Richard has been accredited as a money laundering expert providing specialist opinion based evidence to assist Courts. This role has led to the delivery of training to international partners in Georgia and Moldova; as well as to other UK agencies.
Until recently Richard supported Gary Cathcart on the FELEG International Money Laundering Controllers Practitioners Group.