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On July 14, we celebrated the successful graduation of the one-week DEA Chemical Diversion Investigations course. This comprehensive program provided participants with invaluable knowledge and skills related to the identification, investigation, and dismantling of precursor chemical sup... Read More

Today, the DEA Drug Unit Commanders Course graduated. This intensive one-week program was meticulously designed to equip commanders with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively supervise operational drug enforcement units. From a managerial perspective, the course delved into a... Read More

On June 23, the DEA Advanced Narcotics Investigations course concluded. This was a one-week course providing traditional and specialized investigative techniques for advanced level drug investigations. Emphasis was placed on supervision and management of the full range of complex counter... Read More

On June 23, our Anticorruption Series program reached to its end for this year, with the last part, the one-week Anticorruption for Judges and Prosecutors course concluding. This course focused on the investigation and prosecution of complex corruption cases. The target audience were pro... Read More

On My 26, the very unique HSI Cyber Dark Web and Virtual Currency Investigative Workshop concluded. This was a combined course that consolidated the cyber-crime, Dark Net, and cryptocurrency courses into a single 5-day course. It included: Dark Net technology; an in-depth look at TOR and... Read More

On May 26, 2023, the Wildlife Trafficking Cyber-crime Training Program instructed by the experts of the United Stated Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) concluded. This one-week curriculum provides advanced cyber-crime investigative topics related to wildlife trafficking which are reinfor... Read More

On May 12, our Anticorruption Series program concluded its third training for 2023. The one-week OPDAT Anticorruption and Asset Recovery course is for senior criminal justice practitioners on how to investigate and prosecute corruption and related money laundering cases with a nexus towa... Read More

On Friday, the Cyber Exploitation and Investigation course concluded.  This two-week course was developed and presented jointly by the United States Secret Service (USSS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). This course provided agents with the knowledge and skills to tackle... Read More

Today, the one-week USSS ‘Digital Evidence for Judges and Prosecutors’ course graduated. This one-week course, designed for trial, appellate judges and prosecutors, provided the participants an understanding of digital evidence from computers, mobile devices, the cloud and other ... Read More

On October 14, 2022, the students of the one-week OPDAT Judges and Prosecutors course graduated. The objective of this course was to train judges and prosecutors on fundamental justice sector principles involving witness protection, judicial and prosecutorial independence, and justice sector acco... Read More

On July 25, we said good bye to ILEA Budapest Director and FBI SSA Angela Brueckman. Director Brueckman served as ILEA Director between July 2019 and July 2022. The past three years were without a doubt the most difficult and strange period in ILEA’s existence. In February 2020, we were e... Read More

One of the most special courses of our curriculum concluded on September 22. The ten-day ATF International Post Blast Investigation (IPBI) course is one of the most exciting ILEA trainings as it offers various practical exercises besides the classroom presentations. The course provides students... Read More

On October 7, the Radiological and Nuclear Smuggling and Detection Awareness Course concluded. This training provides a comprehensive introduction to the threat of radiological and nuclear smuggling, terrorism, and the critical role law enforcement plays in incorporating these concepts into the... Read More

On October 7, the one-week ATF Small Arms Trafficking course concluded. This course focuses on areas related to firearms trafficking, including firearms identification, firearms tracing, National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), identifying homemade and 3D printing of firearms,... Read More

Every year on the ILEA Day, the global ILEA community celebrates the dedicated alumni of the International Law Enforcement Academies. Today, we want to recognize a few remarkable alumni who have built enduring relationships with U.S. law enforcement, supported regional coordination, and successfu... Read More