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The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) sent two attorneys to Guatemala to conduct a workshop for Guatemalan law enforcement officials. Approximately 25 Guatemalan officials participated in the workshop. Funding for the trip was provided by the State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.

On February 23, ICITAP’s Global Forensic Science Unit provided an update on its partnership with and assistance to Costa Rica’s Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) within the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ). 

From February 18 to 22, the Engaging Multinational Police Women on Equality and Rights (EMPoWER) program delivered a 5-day Gender and Leadership in Counterterrorism Symposium for Jordan’s Public Security Directorate (PSD).

Join the Department of Justice in kicking-off Sunshine Week 2024 on March 11.

This week’s cases include violations of the Lacey Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Animal Welfare Act.

On February 18, an ICITAP-mentored Bangladesh Police (BP) Inspector reached 1.8 million followers on Facebook. It has been five years since the BP Inspector received his first visit from an ICITAP Strategic Communications / Senior Law Enforcement Advisor on February 18, 2019.

This article originally appeared in the American Bankruptcy Trustee Journal (Volume 39, Issue 04).

The nomination period for the 2024 Sunshine Week FOIA Awards has been extended! Nominations are due by February 16, 2024.

This week’s cases include violations of the Lacey Act, Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

On February 14, 2024, an ICITAP Site Manager attended the National Police College’s 30^th Founding Anniversary with the theme “NPC @30: Perlas ng Karunungan, Kaagapay sa Bagong Pilipinas” (Pearls of Wisdom, Partner in the New Philippines) in Camp Mariano, Cavite. 

On Feb. 3, a champion of civil rights, Stephen J. Pollak, died at the age of 95.

The Justice Department today concluded its observance of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month by reflecting on the wide range of anti-trafficking actions undertaken across the department in January.