Robert joined The Metropolitan Police in 1991 as a civilian researcher, and was posted to the Intelligence Unit of The Fraud Squad at New Scotland Yard. In 1998 he joined the National Criminal Intelligence Service investigating money laundering, drug trafficking and other aspects of Organised Crime affecting the UK.

In 2002, Robert went to work for Travelex PLC, the foreign exchange provider, as the UK Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Group Money Laundering Compliance Officer.

Since 2006, he has returned to his research and analysis roots, working for British American Tobacco in the Brand Enforcement Group collating intelligence on counterfeiting and the links to Organised Crime for the Regions he covers – The Americas and Europe.