Resident Legal Advisor 12/22/2015 04:01 PM EST

Criminal Division (CRM) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) Dhaka Announcement #: 15-CRM-DET-060 Application Deadline: January 31, 2016 Responsibilities and Opportunities Offered: The RLA will represent the Department of Justice and OPDAT in the implementation of justice sector technical assistance activities designed to improve the capacity of the criminal justice systems in Bangladesh to combat terrorism and transnational crime consistent with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations, United Nations resolutions regarding terrorist financing, and the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector (Rabat Memorandum). The RLA will work with relevant components within the Bangladeshi criminal justice system to plan and implement effective money laundering and financial crimes regimes in order to disrupt terrorist networks. Specifically, the RLA will facilitate bilateral and regional technical assistance and skills development to law enforcement, prosecutors, and other practitioners designed to increase their capacity to collaboratively identify, disrupt, and dismantle terrorist financing regimes. This may include analysis of and advice on anti-terrorism legislation, money laundering laws, asset forfeiture proposals, organized crime, and extradition. The RLA would also be expected to provide technical assistance in areas that could include criminal procedure code reform, counterterrorism capacity development, and legislative drafting. This position involves periodic travel in the region.