Africa and Middle East

In 1994, the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) initiated its first law enforcement development project in the Africa and Middle East region—a “whole of police force” development effort in Somalia. Since then, ICITAP has delivered a wide range of technical assistance and specialized training programs in more than 30 countries throughout the region. Today, ICITAP’s programs in the region focus on countering terrorism and transnational crime, border security, and forensic capacity development. 

ICITAP receives funding and partnership support from the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL); Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT); Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN); and the U.S. Department of Defense’s United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).