The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Traffic International under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705). The two-year award, issued on June 4, 2022 and concluding on June 3, 2024, will support efforts by Traffic International to reduce poaching and trafficking of endangered wildlife in South Africa. The Trans-National Crime program aims to minimize the impact of transnational crime and criminal...
This $845,597.17 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) aims to strengthen law enforcement and judicial capacity in South Africa to effectively combat wildlife crimes. The award, which runs from October 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025, will support efforts to improve transparency, coordination, and prosecution capabilities at national and provincial levels. The grant recipient...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705), will strengthen the capacity of the governments of Cameroon and the Republic of Congo to combat timber trafficking. The $1,099,940.04 award to the non-profit organization Traffic International will support assessments and improvements to timber seizure processes, as well as the institutionalization of technology solutions for...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $270,413.77 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to the Wildlife Trust Of India, a non-profit organization based in New Delhi, India. The grant will fund activities in and around nine targeted border areas along the Indo-Nepal border to address illicit wildlife markets and transnational crimes. The project aims to implement specialized services in wildlife...
This $796,957.09 federal Project Grant award, issued 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), provides technical assistance and training to Trace Wildlife Forensics Network LTD, a UK-based non-profit organization, to improve evidence security in wildlife law enforcement throughout the evidence chain, from acquisition to disposal, in Cameroon. The project aims to integrate evidence...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,885,164.45 Project Grant (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to support the safeguarding of wildlife within Asia's protected and priority non-protected areas from poaching and trafficking. This effort includes providing rangers and conservation law enforcement with the necessary equipment and resources to effectively protect wildlife across the region, which may...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $498,664.30 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to Trace Wildlife Forensics Network LTD, a UK-based non-profit organization. The purpose of this award is to provide technical assistance in the detection, monitoring, and confirmation of illegal wildlife activities in order to safeguard protected areas in Sarawak, Malaysia. The award has a performance period...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program) provides $2,123,278.10 to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to deliver specialized training, supplies, mentorship, and cross-border collaboration mechanisms to wildlife authorities, judicial police officers (OPJs), the judiciary, and prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Angola. The project aims to strengthen law...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement Affairs (CFDA 19.705 - Trans-National Crime) provides $2,159,657.05 to the Environmental Investigation Agency UK to continue building awareness, providing mentorship, and strengthening cooperation between prosecutors to help ensure wildlife trafficking is tried as a serious crime in Nigeria. The project aims to build on the Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill by...
This $3,515,740 federal Project Grant award was provided 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). The award will enable the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to enhance legislation and regulations to prevent wildlife trafficking, improve law enforcement capabilities to deter, detect, investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate wildlife trafficking cases, and develop greater international...