US advisor helping Government

A statement issued yesterday by the US Embassy said, this is part of the Embassy’s ongoing partnership with Government to build capacity in the security sector.

The Embassy explained that the technical assistance which Murphy is providing to the Government is based on an agreement signed between the United States and Trinidad and Tobago last August.

The US Department of Treasury Office of Technical Assistance Economic Crimes Teams, funded by the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, provides capacity and technical assistance in anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism procedures.

Murphy, a specialist in financial crimes, began his work with the Office of Technical Assistance in 2012, with projects in Africa, Central America and the Caribbean.

More recently, Murphy was team lead in Ghana and Jamaica.

Prior to his overseas work, Murphy was a subject matter expert/advisor for the US Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section in Washington DC.

He also serves as a law enforcement officer with the New York City Police Department, in both the Organized Crime Investigation Division and the Joint Organized Task Force.