Project Grant FPEI210006

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752) provides $375,000 to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) to enhance its Counterfeit and Piracy Enforcement (CAPE) program. The CAPE program focuses on combating intellectual property crimes through collaboration and a three-pillar approach of education, awareness, and enforcement. The grant funding...

The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office received a $374,986 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.752 - Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention) to strengthen intellectual property (IP) enforcement and address counterfeit goods in Oregon. The grant funds a comprehensive project with three key objectives: 1) Aggressive investigation and enforcement of IP theft, focusing on public health and safety concerns like...

The New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, through its Office of the Attorney General, was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). The grant will fund the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) Intellectual Property Enforcement Task Force to increase its criminal investigations capabilities statewide. The task force will collaborate with federal, county,...

The North Carolina Secretary of State received a $375,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). This award is supporting the expansion of the statewide Anti-Counterfeiting Trademark Taskforce, which now includes over 100 members from local law enforcement agencies, campus police, and state/federal partners across North Carolina. The grant is enabling the taskforce...

This $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime 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 primary awardee, the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4Ads), is a non-profit organization that specializes in...

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 2-year award, with a start date of October 1, 2024, is for IADLEST to modernize the Code of Police Ethics and establish a national model standard for law...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to the American Bar Association Fund For Justice And Education. The grant, titled "PROTECTT MIOMBO", aims to reduce the ability of criminal groups to carry out and profit from illegal logging and timber trafficking in the Miombo woodlands. The project will run from October 1, 2024, to February 28, 2025, and will...

The State Attorneys Office-17Th Circuit in Broward County, Florida received a $499,998 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant aims to enhance the office's capacity to investigate and prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases, while supporting victim safety and offender accountability. Key...

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...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) will support the Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PRDOJ), in partnership with Coordinadora Paz Para Las Mujeres (CPM), to enhance the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases throughout Puerto Rico. Key activities...