Press / Public Documents

2023

Four Defendants Extradited from Guatemala Sentenced for Roles in Deadly International Human Smuggling Conspiracy  (11/1/23)

Justice Department Officials in Mexico Provide Capacity Building to Mexican Prosecutors to Counter Fentanyl Trafficking and Organized Crime (10/30/23)

Readout of the Justice Department’s Engagement with Two Ukrainian Delegations to Strengthen Anti-Corruption Efforts and Serve Victims and Witnesses of Crime (9/1/23)

United States, Uruguay, Peru and Argentina Join Efforts to Combat Cybercrime (8/16/23)

Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Delivers Remarks at First Colloquium Bringing Together 20 African Countries to Collaborate on Pretrial Detention Issues (5/16/23)

Local Prosecutor Brings African Cybercrime Delegation to Greensboro & Washington, D.C. (5/16/23)

Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Delivers Remarks at the Africa Regional Colloquium (5/16/23)

2022

The Department of Justice’s OPDAT Helps Bring Foreign Terrorist Fighters to Justice (12/13/22)

Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Delivers Closing Remarks at the 20th International Anti-Corruption Conference (12/9/22)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Addresses Latin American Judges at Justice Department’s Judicial Studies Institute (English version);  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Addresses Latin American Judges at Justice Department’s Judicial Studies Institute (Español version) (7/11/22)

Justice Department Secures Forfeiture of Maryland Property Purchased with $3.5 Million in Alleged Corruption Proceeds Linked to Ex-President of The Gambia (5/26/22)

Amber Alert Press Release (English version); Amber Alert Press Release (Español version) (5/20/22)

U.S. Embassy, representatives of the Mexican Judiciary, and UNAM present the first volume of Mexico’s first Judicial Guide for the Evaluation of Forensic Evidence 

DOJ-DHS-INL in Mexico Host Foreign Law Enforcement Partners at Regional Human Smuggling Roundtable Event (4/6/22)

South Florida Bookkeeper For International Enterprise That Operated Sexually Exploitive “Child Modeling” Websites Pleads Guilty (1/4/22)

2021

2021 Covid Work Examples

Woman Who Laundered Over $2 Million for International ‘Child Modeling’ Websites Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison (12/3/21)

Bulgarian National And Washington State Man Charged in Connection With International Enterprise That Operated Sexually Exploitive “Child Modeling” Websites (11/16/21)

2020 ICHIP Activities

2020

OPDAT Recognizes International Human Rights Day (12/10/20)

OPDAT Burma Recognizes Annual International Anti-Corruption Day (12/9/20)

OPDAT Recognizes International Anti-Corruption Day with Series of Global Events (12/9/20)

OPDAT Kosovo in coordination with OPDAT Croatia and Pristina Recognizes Annual International Anti-Corruption Day (12/9/20)

OPDAT and Latin American Partners Share Best Practices in Combating Transnational Crime and Terrorist Financing in 6-Part Virtual Seminar Series (12/3/20)

U.S. Law Enforcement Assists Brazilian Law Enforcement Takedown of Numerous Digital Piracy Sites and Apps Alleged to Have Caused Millions of Dollars in Losses to U.S. Media Companies (11/5/20)

The Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) Provides COVID-19 Related Technical Assistance to Partner Countries

OPDAT Hosted Virtual Workshop for Malaysian Officials on Seizing and Managing Assets Used in Money Laundering, Terrorism, and Terrorist Financing (8/6/20)

U.S. Embassy Dhaka and ICHIP for the Dark Web and Cryptocurrency Hosted Webinar Series on Dark Web and Cryptocurrency to Provide Tools to Fight Transnational Crime and Terrorism (7/13/20)

OPDAT Hosted South and Southeast Asia Regional Virtual Workshop for Criminal Justice Officials on Counterterrorism (6/23/20)

OPDAT-Created Courtroom Security Manual Presented in Malaysia (3/4/20)

OPDAT Strengthens Central American Coordination against MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs (2/27/20)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Addresses Latin American Judges at Justice Department’s Judicial Studies Institute (1/27/20)

2019

U.S. Department of Justice’s OPDAT Section Hosts Visit by the Chief Justice of Malaysia (12/16/19)

International Anti-Corruption Day Observed by the Justice Department (12/9/19)

OPDAT Judicial Benchbooks Inauguration (9/24/19)

Joint Statement by U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Minister of Justice of Georgia Thea Tsulukiani (9/10/19)