Helmuth Angarita is a Colombian Attorney who has been working in criminal justice systems matters for more than 21 years. He holds professional postgraduate titles as Specialist in criminal law and criminology, as well as Specialist in international cooperation and projects management.

Currently he is pursuing a masters ‘degree in Criminal Policy. During his career, he worked in different progressive positions within the judiciary, including Criminal Judge in Bogota. In addition, he has experience at the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice on cassation appeals and extradition matters as officer from the Inspector General Office. Later, he worked in his private practice in criminal cases and as Expert and Program Officer in UNODC (UN Staff) for Latin America and the Caribbean countries con counter financing of terrorism and anti-money laundering matters supporting and interacting with 12 different countries.

Since February 2019, he joined Olgoonik Federal DOS-INL as anti-money laundering expert for the Rule of Law Division.