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Our work in the USA and Canada

Where we work

We established our first office in Washington in 1983. We also have offices in 4 other locations:

  • Los Angeles
  • New York - United Nations (UN) 
  • Pittsburgh - National Cyber and Forensics Training Alliance  
  • Huntsville - Counter Improvised Device Coordination Centre and Terrorist Explosive Device Analytics Centre. 

These offices service:

  • the USA
  • Canada
  • UN Police and Security
  • Greenland
  • Puerto Rico
  • Turks and Caicos
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Bermuda
  • St Pierre and Miquelon.

What we do

In the USA the law enforcement environment is complex. There are over 18,000 law enforcement agencies and over 90 federal agencies. 

In Canada, policing is delivered at the federal, provincial and municipal level by over 145 agencies.  

We have longstanding relationships with US and Canadian government and law enforcement agencies. Agencies we work with include:

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Homeland Security Investigations 

United States Coast Guard

Naval Criminal Investigative Service 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

We work tirelessly with these agencies to combat a range of crime types including transnational serious organised crimecounter-terrorism , espionage and foreign interference and cybercrime.  

We also engage with US agencies in the Pacific. Learn more about our work in the Pacific.