Afia is the Founder and Senior Managing Director of CAT Investigators, a global forensic and investigative intelligence firm specializing in criminal investigations, financial crime analysis, asset tracing, and complex fraud matters. Under her leadership, CAT Investigators has developed a reputation for disciplined investigative methodology, evidentiary integrity, and close alignment with regulatory and compliance frameworks. Afia personally establishes investigative protocols, compliance safeguards, and quality-control systems that reflect best-in-class professional practice within the criminal and financial crime sector.
Afia is a licensed crime investigator and investigative journalist. Her leadership is reinforced by a strong academic foundation. She holds a master’s degree with a specialization in Political Science, giving her a multidimensional understanding of criminal systems, regulatory structures, governance frameworks, and geopolitical risk. She translates complex fact patterns into clear, structured, evidence-based intelligence.
Afia is an active member of several professional and specialized associations, including the Association of Women in Crypto and Codepink, among others.
She is the Founding President of the Singapore Chapter of the Association of Women in Cryptocurrency (AWIC), the founder of Current Affairs Times, and the producer of The Politically Social podcast.
She has been listed in Who’s Who in America in recognition of her professional distinction and national impact. Underscoring her global policy engagement, Afia was awarded a competitive scholarship to pursue doctoral research in Counterterrorism and De-Radicalization through programs affiliated with the United Nations and NATO — reinforcing her expertise at the intersection of security policy, financial networks, extremism prevention, and institutional risk.
Her investigative portfolio includes contributions to landmark and high-profile matters, including complex espionage investigations, major real estate and investment fraud cases, and sophisticated financial misconduct schemes. Her leadership has supported multimillion-dollar recoveries, structured fraud analyses, and investigative findings that have informed regulatory scrutiny and policy reform discussions.
Afia serves as a Senior Board Member of the Coalition Against Financial Crimes (U.S.), contributing to strategic initiatives addressing global financial crime, sanctions evasion, trade-based money laundering, crypto-enabled fraud, and compliance system vulnerabilities. She is frequently consulted by corporations, banking executives, and policy stakeholders on investigative risk assessment, typology development, and enforcement strategy.
Beyond her casework, Afia is a respected public voice on criminal justice reform, financial crime enforcement, sanctions compliance, investigative methodology, and institutional transparency. Through speaking engagements, policy advisory work, and investigative journalism initiatives, she continues to shape discourse around how modern criminal and financial investigations should be conducted.
Afia believes investigations are about restoring integrity where trust has eroded — pursuing truth with discipline, courage, and unwavering ethics to uphold accountability and justice.