Geert Del Rue completed his master's degree in criminology from the Catholic University of Leuven on August 29, 1982. With over 37 years of experience as a law enforcement officer in Belgium, he specializes in economic and financial crime investigations, including money laundering, terrorism financing, cybercrime, and tax fraud. He has authored multiple police manuals on financial investigations in Dutch, French, and English, covering topics such as criminal bankruptcy, tax fraud, forgery, and more. In 2014, he published a book on fighting money laundering and terrorism financing, which has been released in its 3rd edition in Dutch and 2nd edition in French, totalling 650 pages. In 2018, he revised and updated his first book on financial investigations, originally published in 2002. His recent publications focus on criminal bankruptcy in Dutch and French, released in 2019-2020. Geert Del Rue is a sought-after speaker at international conferences and has been invited to share his expertise on organized financial crime, particularly anti-money laundering and terrorism financing, at various events in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Casablanca, Kosovo, Serbia, and more, hosted by organizations such as ACAMS, Marketforce, C5, and BAE Systems. He also serves as a guest lecturer at several Belgian and foreign universities and conducts training sessions on financial and economic crime investigations, money laundering, and terrorism financing for the European Commission (TAIEX), the European Council (COE), the United Nations (IOM), and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL).