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...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $375,000 Project Grant under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752) to the Tulsa County District Attorney's Office in Oklahoma. The grant is supporting the development of the Tulsa County Intellectual Property Enforcement Program, which is aimed at preventing and reducing intellectual property crimes in Tulsa County. Key activities include: Establishing and operating an intellectual...
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...
The New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General, was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). The grant will support the New Jersey State Police's efforts to enhance criminal investigations capabilities related to intellectual property enforcement statewide through an established task force. The goals of this 2-year project...
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $323,365 Project Grant under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752) to the Michigan State Police (MSP) and the Michigan Attorney General's Office (MIAG). The grant will fund a Focused Organized Retail Crimes Enforcement Task Force to investigate large-scale organized retail crime and intellectual property crimes in Michigan. Key activities include: Conducting sworn overtime investigations,...
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 Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded the District Attorney of Tulsa County, Oklahoma $400,000 under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention Formula Grant program (CFDA 16.752) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The funding will support the Tulsa County Intellectual Property Enforcement Program through a formalized partnership between the District Attorney and Tulsa County Sheriff's Office. A...
The Essex County Prosecutors Office (ECPO) received a $306,700 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). The grant funds will be used to further develop and expand the ECPO Intellectual Property (IP) Taskforce and Financial Crimes Unit Case Tracking System. Key project activities include incorporating additional agencies and municipalities into the Taskforce, providing IP crime...
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) will receive $374,979 under a Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to support the Counterfeit and Piracy Enforcement Team (CAPE) program. The funding period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. CAPE will use the grant funds to improve its existing program aimed at preventing intellectual property rights (IPR) crimes and related economic and cybercrimes. Key...
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...