Detective Inspector (DI) Craig Goldwin knew from childhood that policing was the profession for him. His grandfather, who was a police officer, taught him about policing and the good that officers provide the community. 

An instrumental employee in the Royal Gibraltar Police, DI Goldwin has served in various capacities. These include aide de camp to the governor of Gibraltar, inspector of the Public Protection Unit, ethics champion, and liaison officer for international cooperation with Spanish law enforcement agencies. He is also the point of contact for CARIN and AMON—international networks of asset recovery and money laundering practitioners. 

Having joined the newly formed money laundering investigation unit (MLIU) in 2016, he has been the driving force in numerous investigations and other high-profile cases. Among those cases, DI Goldwin played a major role in the investigation of Gibraltar’s largest robbery, known as Op Boston. As part of the operation, DI Goldwin single-handedly identified €500,000, leading to his supervision of a major investigation that resulted in another £12 million being confiscated. After his promotion to inspector in 2019, he took over the strategic direction of the economic crime unit (ECU), which the MLIU falls under. 

Following the update of the Proceeds of Crimes Act (POCA) in 2015, DI Goldwin created the Cash Seizure policy for the agency. He also created a document incorporating various policy statements on how the agency could conduct money laundering investigations and implemented a systematic introduction of the handbook to all ECU staff. 

“I am motivated because I want to raise my family in a safe environment, and I want my children to grow up knowing that good is always better than evil.”