ICITAP works with foreign governments to develop professional and transparent law enforcement institutions that protect human rights, combat corruption, and reduce the threat of transnational crime and terrorism. ICITAP supports both national security and foreign policy objectives.

ICITAP works in close partnership with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Defense, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. These agencies fund ICITAP's programs.

Organizational Development
Transnational Crime
Criminal Investigations
Public Integrity and Anticorruption
Specialized and Tactical Skills
Forensics
Basic Police Skills
Academy and Instructor Development
Community Policing
Corrections
Marine and Border Security
Information Systems
Criminal Justice Coordination

ICITAP programs are designed in partnership with the host countries, and program implementation methods include on-the-ground, pre-program assessments; program planning, management, and review; curriculum development; classroom training, seminars, and workshops; internships; equipment donations; donor coordination; and on-the-job training and mentoring provided by embedded long-term advisors.

IN THE NEWS

Oversight of the Department of Justice
The Attorney General talks about the importance to national security of overseas rule of law development and ICITAP’s role. (Statement of Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, November 18, 2009)

ICITAP and Cybercrime and Security
ICITAP programs in Eastern Europe focus on combating cybercrime and improving cyber security.(The Justice Blog, "Cybercrime and Security," November 13, 2009)

Ambassadors for the Rule of Law
AAG Breuer speaks about the responsibility of the Justice Department to help foreign partners build effective and sustainable rule of law institutions. (Remarks by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer at Columbia Law School, October 7, 2009)

ICITAP and Human Rights
AAG Breuer discusses ICITAP's assistance to countries in the Balkans in the areas of human rights and international humanitarian law enforcement. (Statement of Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, October 6, 2009)

International Organized Crime Strategy
Building partnerships with our international law enforcement colleagues to combat transnational crime and corruption is an important part of the Justice Department’s international organized crime strategy. (Remarks of Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden at the 78th Interpol General Assembly in Singapore, October 12, 2009.)