Combatting Transnational Organized Crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina through Enhanced Forensic Accounting
Funds forensic accounting training and related capacity-building to help investigate and prosecute transnational organized crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
RESTRICTED TO: NONPROFITS
⚑ Foreign-based NGOs and foreign-based educational institutions are eligible; U.S.-based educational institutions must be 501(c)(3) or 26 USC 115 entities. · Funding is for training/capacity-building, not research. · Award ceiling: $350,000.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 39 weak | outside portfolio topics; signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is minor; funds training education, not research (capped) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds training education (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
To investigate and prosecute transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) through enhanced forensic accounting training. Transnational criminal organizations actively exploit BiH and the (Balkan route) to traffic narcotics, weapons, and migrants, laundering hundreds of millions of dollars annually. BiH prosecutors and investigators currently lack the specialized financial investigation skills needed to effectively disrupt these networks.
Eligibility
U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); U.S.-based educational institutions subject to section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code or section 26 US 115 of the U.S. tax code; Foreign-based non-profits/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); Foreign-based educational institutions
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