llze Znotiņa  is a lawyer by profession with nearly 15 years of experience in Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption. From 2018-2022, she was the Head of Latvia’s Financial Intelligence Unit and lead Latvia’s delegation to Moneyval and FATF; under her leadership the country managed to demonstrate establishment of a strong and robust financial crime prevention system.

Prior to joining FIU Latvia, Mrs Znotiņa had a career as a sworn attorney-at-law specialising in dispute resolution. Her main areas of expertise included regulatory issues, insolvency, IP, anti-bribery and anti-money laundering, fraud and white-collar crime.

Mrs Znotina has submitted her doctoral thesis in the Faculty of Law, University of Latvia. She holds a Master degree in International and European Law from Riga Graduate School of Law and a Bachelor degree in Law from the University of Latvia. She is an author of number of publications related to law, fraud and corruption as well as a frequent speaker on these topics.

Since July 2022, she works as an AML/CFT and Anti-Corruption Consultant.