Andy Danton Email & Phone Number

Turkey

Selected for this role as the senior UK law enforcement manager in Turkey, with oversight of Georgia and Azerbaijan, I seek to challenge the threat of organised crime activity which may impact UK interests. Within this sensitive environment, I work in partnership with local law enforcement and intelligence organisations to manage serious threat and risk..

Tirana, Albania, Kosovo And North Macedonia

I proactively identified, implemented and managed opportunities for joint working to mitigate international crime and its impact on UK interests. Working in liaison with international agencies and partners, I challenged exceptional threat and risk through the development of intelligence pictures to support joint operations to identify and disrupt serious.

National Intelligence Hub

• Leading over 100 staff in diverse teams, I held responsibility for varied intelligence and investigative services. Liaising with national and international operational teams, GCHQ and UK Security Services, I drove the.
• Lead author and coordinator of the UK strategy for drug trafficking - Threat, Risks and Response.
• Contributor to tasking process for operational planning with partner agencies and UK policing.

National Intelligence Hub - Drugs Intelligence

• I was tasked to contribute to a range of reporting; supporting the resilience and effectiveness of NCA activity globally; inputting organisational strategic and national tactical assessment reports alongside setting.
• Identifying crime groups and vulnerabilities posing serious risk to UK interests, I produced strategic and tactical intelligence, providing an authoritative view of the drug threat to the UK from serious and organised.
• I provided intelligence to disrupt high priority groups, ensuring a full range of NCA intelligence collection, analytical and operational capabilities were deployed.
• I contributed to meetings with international partners and NCA international liaison officers in France and The Netherlands and presented drug seizure data to the US Dept of Justice.
• I initiated and implemented a project to collate and assess intelligence concerning Albanian OCGs and their impact on the UK. I developed a strategic intelligence collection plan building cohesion around tactical.

London

Seconded to this role, I supported intelligence service stations and operations in Colombia, Mexico and Jamaica. I facilitated and enhanced liaison between organisations, building cohesive activity and providing operational support to narcotic objectives in Colombia and Mexico. I oversaw the delivery of technical intercept capabilities, providing reporting.

Covert Intelligence Technical Collection

Managing complex serious organised crime operations, I worked with UK security services and GCHQ, to target prolific offenders. I led the pursuit of intelligence, securing evidence capture opportunities. I also directed threat to life, crime in action and covert counter corruption operations.

Bridgetown, Barbados

Covering all the Eastern Caribbean Islands, I served as a project manager and mentor for critical covert intelligence projects. I held responsibility for the delivery of efficient projects which ensured value for money whilst delivering connectivity and effective intelligence sharing.

Technical Collections Department

I was tasked with gathering, interpreting, analysing and disseminating intelligence to produce evidential gathering opportunities for operational partners.

Investigation Division

I conducted covert investigations and operations around drug trafficking OCG, gathering intelligence and evidence to secure arrests and convictions.