Sungyong Kang, an S.J.D. (Ph.D. in Law equivalent) and attorney at law licensed in New York, is a Criminal Intelligence Officer at the INTERPOL Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre where his main duty is to coordinate the international cooperation to trace, freeze/seize the criminal proceeds. In this capacity, he has led the Operation HAECHI targeting Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime and worked as a co-lead for the Illicit Financial Flows from Cyber-enabled Fraud report which INTERPOL collaborated with FATF and Egmont Group.
Prior to joining the INTERPOL, he worked as a researcher and an adjunct professor at the Korea National Police University focusing on the financial crime exploiting new technologies, such as Blockchain, AI and Metaverse, etc. Before then, he successfully investigated high profile financial crimes leading his team to be awarded as the best investigation team in Seoul.
He is also the author of the papers published by renowned journals including International & Comparative Law Quarterly (Cambridge University Press), Michigan Journal of International Law (Michigan Law School), etc.