Simon Zaugg is Anti-Money Laundering Specialist with the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) initiative, a project based at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research.
Before joining UNU-CPR, Mr Zaugg worked for the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS), the Swiss Financial Intelligence Unit, as a Financial Analyst and eventually as the Deputy Head of the International Affairs Department. Through his work at MROS, he gained a broad knowledge in the area of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing. He also represented MROS in the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. His academic background is in economics and criminology.
Research Interests
- Human trafficking
- Illicit finance
- International finance
- International financial institutions
- Modern Slavery