Project Grant FPEI20030

The City of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), through a $375,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance's Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752), will implement the 2023-2025 "Protect LA from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy" program. The program aims to reduce and prevent the spread of counterfeit/illicit pharmaceutical drugs and electronics/automotive parts throughout the Los Angeles region. Key...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752) to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD). The grant funding will enable LASD's Counterfeit and Piracy Enforcement (CAPE) team to enhance its strategies for combating intellectual property crimes through increased collaboration with federal, state, and local agencies. Key objectives include boosting public health and safety,...

This $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705), will expand the accessibility and usage of non-commercial databases and complementary tools that identify wealth held by politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their relatives and affiliates. The award recipient, the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, Inc. (doing business as C4Ads), is a non-profit...

The Disability Law Center has been awarded a $850,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Private Enforcement Initiatives (CFDA 14.418) program. The grant funds will be used to provide fair housing services in Utah, including enforcement of fair housing laws, fair housing testing, and education and outreach activities. The project aims to ensure that individuals from all protected classes are free from housing discrimination and have equal...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Training, Inc. (IADLEST) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The purpose of this 24-month project is to modernize the Code of Police Ethics and establish a national model standard for law enforcement ethics. IADLEST will convene a working group of...

The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in New York received a $374,995 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752) to enhance its Intellectual Property/Anti-Counterfeiting Unit. The funding is being used to acquire additional technology to investigate and prosecute individuals engaged in the illegal trafficking of counterfeit goods within the county's jurisdiction, which serves a population of over 1.5 million...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the City of Houston's Houston Police Department a $366,609 Project Grant under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). The funding will enable the department's Major Offenders Division Target Offenders Squad to coordinate with federal, state, and local law enforcement as well as industry representatives to disrupt criminal enterprises engaged in the illegal production, distribution, and sale of counterfeit goods that...

This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement, under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705), is intended to mitigate foreign investment risks in Chile. The funding will support engagement and collaboration with the private sector, civil society, and the public sector in Chile to address these challenges. The award recipient, the Center for International Private Enterprise, Inc. (CIPE), is a non-profit...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI) and Wrongful Conviction Review Program (CFDA 16.746) to the California Innocence Project Foundation (CIPF). The funding will support CIPF's efforts to review, investigate, and litigate claims of wrongful conviction from prisoners convicted in Southern California counties. CIPF plans to work with conviction integrity units, where available, to free the...

The City of Portland received a $400,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). The award period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The City of Portland will implement an intellectual property crime enforcement and community outreach/education program. This will include aggressively targeting, investigating, and prosecuting individuals...