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DOJ/OPDAT Asia and Pacific Programs
OPDAT has comprehensive criminal justice programs, implemented through a Resident Legal Advisor, in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Pakistan and Thailand. The programs in Bangladesh and Pakistan focus primarily on counterterrorism. OPDAT has also recently conducted programs in other countries throughout the region, including Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal and the Philippines.
Bangladesh: see Counterterrorism Programs
In China, OPDAT works with both official and non-governmental organizations (including foreign organizations conducting legal reform work), and Chinese and American academic institutions to foster discussion of a variety of criminal justice issues, including criminal procedure, intellectual property rights and transnational mutual legal assistance.
In Indonesia, OPDAT assists the Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) by helping to establish and develop the AGO Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force (terrorism, trafficking in persons, money laundering, IPR and cybercrime) and the AGO Anti-Corruption Task Force, both of which address significant law enforcement problems for Indonesia. OPDAT provides assistance to the AGO Training Center to support trial advocacy training and overall curriculum reform. OPDAT also provides legislative assistance in a variety of key areas including corruption, asset forfeiture, cybercrime, mutual legal assistance, TIP, and most recently helped an Indonesian drafting team prepare a new code of criminal procedure, which is currently under consideration by the Indonesian Government.
Pakistan: see Counterterrorism Programs
In Thailand, OPDAT works closely with the Thai Attorney General’s Office, and advances cooperation and dialogue between the US and Thailand in the areas of criminal justice sector development, advanced criminal procedure, money laundering, anti-corruption, and counterterrorism. Among other things, OPDAT has worked closely with the Thai government to assist in drafting legislation implementing the UN Transnational Organized Crime Convention; these new laws will formally introduce plea bargaining, evidentiary use of wiretaps, and more comprehensive conspiracy laws.
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