Metropolitan Crime Commission

Rafael Goyeneche is a New Orleans native. He graduated from De La Salle High School, received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and his juris doctorate from Loyola Law School. Upon graduation from law school, Rafael served as an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish between 1980 – 1986. During his tenure in the D.A.’s office Rafael worked in trials, screening and was appointed chief of the Economic Crime Unit, a unit responsible for investigating and prosecuting white collar crime.
Rafael joined the staff of the Metropolitan Crime Commission in 1986. He was named president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission in 1989. He is responsible for managing all aspects of MCC operations.

Rafael reported to the GNOEA members that the Metropolitan Crime Commission’s Research Program was established in 1996 with the mission of providing independent, objective research to raise the level of accountability and efficiency in the criminal justice systems in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area. Since its inception, the Research Program has broadened its scope to include projects examining the Jefferson, St. Tammany, and Calcasieu parish criminal justice systems. The MCC’s goal is to reduce crime and expose corruption throughout Louisiana with a strategy of investigating wrongdoing, being a conduit for citizens to report misconduct, and by bringing accountability and transparency to the criminal justice system through research.

The Metropolitan Crime Commission’s Anti-Public Corruption (APC) program holds elected and appointed public employees, as well as government agencies, to the highest ethical standards. It provides a resource for the public to submit information about corrupt or unethical activity in the public and private sectors. It also sends a clear message to elected officials and public employees that illegal and unethical activity will not be tolerated. It also assists law enforcement and government in rooting out corruption and misconduct.