Ludovic D’HOORE is currently Regional Coordinator Terrorism Prevention for West and Central Africa, with UNODC’s Terrorism Prevention Branch. He joined TPB in January 2020 and has been based in Dakar, Senegal since then. Mr. D’HOORE joined the United Nations in 2009 to serve as Regional Advisor on AML/CFT for West and Central Africa until 2015. He also served as Programme officer for Asset Recovery work in North African countries under a project implemented by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), and more recently on countering Wildlife and Forest Crime in Central Africa where he established the UNODC project office in Libreville, Gabon.
Prior to joining the United Nations Mr D’HOORE served as Legal Advisor to the Belgian Financial Intelligence Unit, and coordinated secretariat services to the Egmont Group of FIUs from 2004-2006. He also worked as policy officer at the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission.