Jacob Sims
Visiting Expert on Transnational Crime, US Institute of Peace
Resident Agent in Charge, United States Drug Enforcement Administration
David Tyree served for 25 years with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration as a Special Agent, the Assistant Country Attache to the US Ambassadors in Portugal and Cape Verde, Africa and as the Resident Agent in Charge in Wyoming. Mr. Tyree has been designated as an expert in Federal Court in both money laundering and drug trafficking investigations. Mr. Tyree is a regular instructor regarding money laundering detection and prevention and asset forfeiture for both the Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Department of Justice Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section. In addition, he regularly presents investigative tools and techniques to Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Units with several large financial institutions. Mr. Tyree has directed investigations both domestically and internationally which have resulted in the seizure and forfeiture of over $10 million in laundered money or assets obtained from criminal proceeds.