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U.S. and Philippines Host Virtual Counterterrorism Conference for Regional Criminal Justice Officials

Manila, June 26, 2020 – On June 23, the U.S. Embassy’s Department of Justice – Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ-OPDAT) and its Philippine Department of Justice partners hosted a virtual regional counterterrorism conference. More than 70 prosecutors, investigators, and judges from the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 26 June, 2020 | Topics: Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: counterterrorism, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT), U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Holds Virtual Workshop on Counterterrorism Collaboration During COVID-19 in the Philippines

Manila, May 13, 2020 – Officials from the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., Department of Justice in the Philippines, and a Philippine Judge participated in a virtual workshop on counterterrorism hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (DOJ-OPDAT) in the Philippines on May 11. The ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 13 May, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: counterterrorism, COVID-19, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT), U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, U.S. Department of Justice

Ambassador Kim Opens U.S.-Sponsored, Philippines-Hosted South East Asia Counterterrorism Experts Conference

Cebu City, January 30, 2020 — The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Department of Justice Office of Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training hosted a three-day regional counterterrorism conference in Cebu City from January 28 to 30. The South East Asia Regional Experts Exchange (SEAREE) was attended by 34 prosecutors and investigators from the Philippines, Indonesia, ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 30 January, 2020 | Topics: Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: counterterrorism, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT), U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, U.S. Department of Justice

Philippine Judges Receive Financial Crimes and Money Laundering Training

Manila, November 22, 2019 — From November 19 to 20, 2019, the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines continued to partner with the Philippine Judicial Academy in training 24 Mindanao judges on money laundering, terrorist financing, and financial crimes. The workshop included participants from Sulu, Basilan, Marawi, and Zamboanga, all areas of the Philippines which have ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 22 November, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: Mindanao, Philippine Judicial Academy, U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Trains Office of the Ombudsman Investigators and Prosecutors on Cyber Investigations and Digital Evidence

Manila, April 11, 2019 — The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines partnered with the Office of the Ombudsman to train 35 anti-graft investigators and prosecutors on cyber investigations and digital evidence from March 27 to 28. The training was implemented through the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 11 April, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: John C. Law, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT), Office of the Ombudsman, U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Trains Philippine Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Justices on Cybercrime

Seated, from left to right: Supreme Court Associate Justices Rosemari Carandang, Andres Reyes Jr., Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Antonio Carpio, Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin, Associate Justices Mariano Del Castillo, Marvic Leonen, Alexander Gesmundo, and Amy Lazaro-Javier. Standing, from left to right: Court Administrator Midas Marquez, U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 3 April, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: cybercrime, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT), Philippine Supreme Court, U.S. Department of Justice

Tuttle Man Draws 50-year Federal Prison Sentence for Child Exploitation Conviction

By the U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers, District of North Dakota BISMARCK – US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on February 6, 2017, Calvin Bernhardt, 54, Tuttle, ND, was sentenced before Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to serve 50 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised ...

By U.S. Embassy Manila | 10 February, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: U.S. Department of Justice

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