Update: U.S. Transnational and High Tech Crime Global Law Enforcement Network (GLEN)

On August 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice published a press release updating the status of the U.S. Transnational and High-Tech Crime Global Law Enforcement Network (GLEN).

If you’re not familiar with GLEN, here’s a little background:

“The U.S. Transnational and High-Tech Crime Global Law Enforcement Network (GLEN) program is the result of a partnership between the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Affairs (DOS/INL) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (DOJ/CCIPS) and Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT).

“The GLEN is a global law enforcement capacity-building network of International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (ICHIP) prosecutors, computer forensic analysts, and federal law enforcement agents focused on delivering training and technical assistance to foreign law enforcement partners to combat intellectual property and cybercrime activity, as well as to assist in the collection and use of electronic evidence to combat all types of crime, including transnational organized crime (TOC).

“Currently, ICHIPs are posted to regional positions in Africa (Abuja, Nigeria), Asia (Thailand, Hong Kong S.A.R. and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Europe (Bucharest, Romania, and the Hague), and Western Hemisphere (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Two subject-matter expert ICHIPs — the ICHIP for Internet Fraud and Public Health (IFPH) and the ICHIP for Dark Web and Cryptocurrency (DWC) — as well as DOJ computer forensic analysts and law enforcement officials with intellectual property and cybercrime expertise also form part of the GLEN.  Later this year, ICHIPs also will be posted to Panama City, Panama; Zagreb, Croatia; and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.“

I highly recommend you read the GLEN update and become familiar with its capabilities and impressive accomplishments, including its ongoing COVID-19 related activities in collaboration with foreign governments around the world.

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