Attorney General Eric Holder delivers his remarks at the 2009 annual management conference of the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). ICITAP, with funding support from the State Department and other agencies, places long-term, in-country senior law enforcement advisors to provide tailored rule of law development assistance to civilian police, correctional systems, and border security forces abroad.

A welcome sign greets attendees of the 2009 annual management conference of the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). ICITAP works with foreign governments to develop professional and transparent law enforcement institutions that protect human rights, combat corruption, and reduce the threat of transnational crime and terrorism.

Director Carr Trevillian, sitting in the wings of the Department of Justice’s conference center, listens to Attorney General Eric Holder as he delivers his remarks at the 2009 annual management conference of the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP).

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the at the 2009 annual management conference of the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). He said, “ICITAP has helped foster capable and strong international partnerships in the fight against transnational crime, corruption, and terrorism. In so doing, you have helped stem the tide of criminality before it reaches the United States."

O. Karl Clark, ICITAP’s program manager in Pakistan, listens as Attorney General Holder delivers his remarks at the annual management conference. Sitting next to him is Charles Bennett, assistant manager for ICITAP-Pakistan, and in front are James Slade, manager of ICITAP’s corrections development program in Iraq, and Terry Bartlett, assistant director for all of ICITAP law enforcement development programs in Iraq.

Attorney General Holder, on stage with Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz, takes a question from ICITAP Executive Planning Officer Margaret Poethig.

Nicole Whitaker, conference organizer and deputy assistant director at ICITAP, along with ICITAP-Peru Program Manager Gabriel Grimes, ICITAP-Colombia Program Manager Gary Sheridan, listen to Attorney General Holder’s remarks at the annual management conference.

ICITAP manages programs in nearly 20 field offices worldwide and Washington headquarters gather for roundtable discussions in the Department of Justice conference center. ICITAP managers programs in nearly 40 countries around the globe.

ICITAP-Albania Program Manager Gary Bullard and ICITAP-Kosovo Program Manager Darrel Hart network at the ICITAP management conference with Greg Ducot (seated), the deputy assistant director for ICITAP’s programs in Europe and Eurasia.