Detective Inspector Craig Hamilton, ONZM, for services to the New Zealand Police and the community.
Detective Inspector Craig Hamilton joined the New Zealand Police in 1988 and is a national subject matter expert in asset recovery work. He played a key role in Police’s input into the passing of The Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 and served on the Criminal Proceeds Working Party of Police and the Ministry of Justice to develop supporting regulations. He led the Waikato Proceeds of Crime Unit and the Waikato-based Asset Recovery Unit. He was President of the Asset Recovery Interagency Network – Asia Pacific. He has contributed to an expert working group developing the INTERPOL Silver Notice to facilitate information exchange to support the tracing and recovery of criminal assets globally and in New Zealand’s interests. Detective Inspector Hamilton has participated in five international Financial Action Task Force Mutual Evaluations.