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# International Offices

Crime and terror have a global reach. And so do we. 

For more than eight decades, the FBI has stationed special agents and other personnel overseas. We help protect Americans back home by building relationships with principal law enforcement, intelligence, and security services around the globe. Now, at a time when virtually all major FBI investigations have a significant international nexus, these partnerships have never been more crucial.

Our legal attaché offices—commonly known as legats—and sub-offices are located in key cities around the globe and provide coverage for more than 180 countries, territories, and islands. About 250 special agents and support personnel are stationed in FBI legats worldwide.

## International Operations 

Our legal attaché program is managed by the International Operations Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. 

Through the legal attaché program and other efforts, the International Operations Division serves as a bridge to our overseas partners and a conduit for strengthening the global rule of law. It regularly works through elements of the international law enforcement community such as Interpol and Europol and numerous working groups, task forces, and training initiatives.

The office coordinates meetings with international leaders and keeps in close contact with other federal agencies, foreign police, and security officers in Washington, D.C., and national and international law enforcement associations.

## Authorities and Jurisdiction 

A number of U.S. federal laws give the FBI authority to investigate extraterritorial criminal and terrorist activity. The FBI, however, conducts investigations abroad only when invited by the host country. In most cases, our international partners gather evidence and make arrests on behalf of, or in close cooperation with, the Bureau. 

Each legat is established through mutual agreement with the host country and is located in that nation’s U.S. embassy or consulate. FBI personnel abroad serve under the authority of the Department of State, chief of mission at U.S. embassies, at the pleasure of ambassadors and host country governments.

International liaison and information sharing are conducted in accordance with executive orders, laws, treaties, attorney general guidelines, FBI policies, and interagency agreements.

History of Legal Attachés

## The Role of the Legal Attaché Agent 

The FBI agent who heads an international office is also called a legal attaché or legat. They serve as the FBI Director’s personal representative in the country where they have regional responsibilities.

Legal attachés are experienced, highly trained investigators who work directly and openly with their international colleagues. They do not conduct foreign intelligence gathering or counterintelligence investigations. Most legal attachés are supported by a deputy or assistant legal attaché and other staff.

Typical duties of a legal attaché include:
                    - coordinating requests for FBI or host country assistance overseas
                    - conducting investigations in coordination with the host government
                    - sharing investigative leads and information
                    - coordinating FBI training classes for police in their geographic areas
                    - briefing embassy counterparts from other agencies, including law enforcement agencies and ambassadors
                    - managing country clearances
                    - providing situation reports concerning cultural protocol
                    - assessing political and security climates
                    - coordinating victim and humanitarian assistance 

## How Legal Attaché Offices Help Protect Our Nation 

                    - Relationship Building:  Since FBI agents do not have traditional law enforcement powers overseas, they must rely on strong, mutually beneficial relationships with their foreign counterparts. Legal attachés maintain regular, often face-to-face contact with foreign officials and security agencies that enables the prompt and continuous exchange of information and reciprocal assistance in investigations. Legal attachés also provide critical and timely support in the defense of our homeland through direct coordination with the Department of Justice, the Department of State, Interpol, and other law enforcement and security entities.  
                    - Physical Proximity:  Legal attachés are positioned to enable agents to reach virtually anywhere in the world in a few hours, allowing the FBI to respond more quickly and effectively to terrorist attacks, cyber crime, fugitive sightings, crisis situations, natural disasters, and other global security matters.  
                    - Training/Rule of Law:  Through  international training facilitated by legal attachés , the FBI provides foreign law enforcement officers with skills in both basic and advanced investigative techniques and principles that promote cooperation and aid in the collection of evidence. These efforts help create more capable and democratic police institutions around the world, strengthening the global rule of law. Funded by the Department of State or Department of Defense, significant training programs include the International Law Enforcement Academies in Budapest, Hungary; Bangkok, Thailand; Gaborone, Botswana; and San Salvador, El Salvador, as well as bilateral training programs targeting anti-terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and terrorist financing.   
                    - Detection and Prevention:  By keeping their fingers on the pulse of criminal activity, national security threats, and emerging trends in the nations and regions they serve, legal attachés function as an early warning system to help keep crime and terrorism from reaching our shores.

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## **Our International Offices **

**Africa** | **Americas** | **Asia** | **Eastern Europe and Eurasia** | **Europe** | **Middle East**

### Africa 

### **Abuja, Nigeria**

American Embassy: 011-234-9-461-4000Nations covered: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria
                    - Lagos, Nigeria Suboffice   American Consulate: 011-234-1-460-3400 

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### Accra, Ghana

American Embassy: 011-233-30-2741-000Nations covered: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Togo
                    - Niamey, Niger Suboffice  American Embassy: 011-277-20-72-26-61

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### Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

American Embassy: 011-251-11-130-6000Nations covered: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan
                    - Djibouti, Djibouti Suboffice  American Embassy: 253-21-453-000

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### Dakar, Senegal

American Embassy: 011-221-33-879-4000Nations covered: Cape Verde, Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sao Tome’ and Principe, Sierra Leone

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### Nairobi, Kenya

American Embassy: 011-254-20-363-6000Nations covered: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

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### Pretoria, South Africa

American Embassy: 011-27-12-431-4000Nations covered: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte (French Territory), Mozambique, Namibia, Reunion (French Territory), Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe 

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### Rabat, Morocco

American Embassy: 011-212-537-762-265Nations covered: Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara

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### Tunis, Tunisia

American Embassy: 011-216-71-107-000Nations covered: Algeria, Libya, Tunisia
                    - Algiers, Algeria, Suboffice  American Embassy: 213-770-08-20-00

### Americas 

### Bogota, Colombia

American Embassy: 011-571-275-2000Nations covered: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

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### Brasilia, Brazil

American Embassy: 011-55-61-3312-7000011-55-61-3312-7400 (after hours)Nation covered: Brazil

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### Bridgetown, Barbados

American Embassy: 1-246-436-4950Nations covered: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, French Guiana, French West Indies, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Montserrat, Nassau (Islands of St. Barthelemy and French St. Martin), Netherland Antilles (islands of Bonaire and Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius, and Dutch St. Maarten), St. Christopher, St. Kitts/Nevis (British West Indies), St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos
                    - Nassau, Bahamas Suboffice  American Consulate: 1-242-322-1181
                    - Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  American Embassy: 1-868-622-6371 

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### Buenos Aires, Argentina

American Embassy: 011-5411-5777-4300Nations covered: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

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### Mexico City, Mexico

American Embassy: 011-52-55-5080-2000Nation covered: Mexico
                    - Hermosillo Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-52-662-289-3500
                    - Guadalajara Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-52-33-3268-2100
                    - Juarez Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-52-656-227-3000
                    - Monterrey Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-52-81-8047-3100
                    - Tijuana Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-52-664-977-2000 

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### Ottawa, Canada

American Embassy: 1-613-238-5335Nation covered: Canada
                    - Toronto Suboffice  American Consulate: 1-416-640-8650
                    - Vancouver Suboffice  American Consulate: 1-604-685-4311 

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### Panama City, Panama

American Embassy: 011-507-317-5000Nations covered: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua

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### San Salvador, El Salvador

American Embassy: 011-503-2501-2999Nations covered: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
                    - Guatamala City, Guatamala Suboffice American Embassy: 011-502-2326-4000
                    - Tegucigalpa, Honduras Suboffice  American Embassy: 011-504-2236-9320 

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### Santiago, Chile

American Embassy: 011-56-22-330-3000Nations covered: Bolivia, Chile, Peru

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### Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

American Embassy: 1-809-221-2171 or 1-809-567-7775Nations covered: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica

### Asia 

### Bangkok, Thailand

American Embassy: 011-66-2-205-4000Nations covered: Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand

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### Beijing, China

American Embassy: 011-86-10-8531-3000Nations covered: Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, People’s Republic of China
                    - Hong Kong, China, Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-852-2523-9011  Nations covered: Hong Kong, Macau

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### Canberra, Australia

American Embassy: 011-61-2-6214-5600Nations covered: Antarctica, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Howland Island, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis, Futuna
                    - Sydney, Australia, Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-612-9373-9200
                    - Wellington, New Zealand, Suboffice  American Embassy: 011-64-4-462-6000 

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### Jakarta, Indonesia

American Embassy 011-62-21-5083-1000Nations covered: Indonesia, Timor-Leste

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### Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

American Embassy: 011-60-3-2168-5000Nation covered: Malaysia

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### Manila, Philippines

American Embassy: 011-63-2-5301-2000Nation covered: Philippines

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### New Delhi, India

American Embassy: 011-91-11-2419-8000Nations covered: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka
                    - Colombo, Sri Lanka, Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-94-11-202-8500  Nations covered: Maldives, Sri Lanka
                    - Dhaka, Bangladesh, Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-880-2-5566-2000  Nations covered: Bangladesh, Nepal

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### Phnom Penh, Cambodia

American Embassy: 011-85-23-728-000Nations covered: Cambodia, Vietnam

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### Seoul, South Korea

American Embassy: 011-82-2-397-4114Nation covered: Republic of Korea

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### Singapore, Singapore

American Embassy: 011-65-6476-9100Nations covered: Brunei, Diego Garcia, Singapore

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### Taipei, Taiwan

American Embassy: 011-886-2-2162-2000Nation covered: Taiwan

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### Tokyo, Japan

American Embassy: 011-81-3-3224-5000Nation covered: Japan

### Eastern Europe and Eurasia 

### Ankara, Turkey

American Embassy: 011-90-312-455-5555Nation covered: Turkey
                    - Istanbul Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-90-212-335-9000 

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### Athens, Greece

American Embassy: 011-30-210-720-2490Nations covered: Cyprus, Greece

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### Belgrade, Serbia

American Embassy: 381-11-7064000Nations covered: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia

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### Bucharest, Romania

American Embassy: 011-40-21-200-3300Nations covered: Moldova, Romania

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### Budapest, Hungary

American Embassy: 011-36-1-475-4400Nation covered: Hungary

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### Kyiv, Ukraine

American Embassy: 011-380-44-521-5000Nations covered: Belarus, Ukraine 

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### Moscow, Russia

American Embassy: 011-7-495-728-5000Nation covered: Russia

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### Astana, Kazakhstan

American Embassy: 011-7-3172-70-2100Nations covered: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

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### Riga, Latvia

American Embassy: 011-371-6710-7000Nations covered: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 

**Tallinn, Estonia Suboffice**American Embassy: 011-372-668-8100

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### Sofia, Bulgaria

American Embassy: 011-3592-937-5100Nations covered: Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia

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### Tbilisi, Georgia

American Embassy: 011-995-32-27-7000Nations covered: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

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### Warsaw, Poland

American Embassy: 011-4822-628-3041Nation covered: Poland

### Europe 

### Berlin, Germany

American Embassy: 011-49-30-238-5174Nation covered: Germany

**Frankfurt Suboffice**American Consulate: 011-49-69-7535-0

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### Bern, Switzerland

American Embassy: 011-41-31-357-7011Nations covered: Liechtenstein, Switzerland

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### Brussels, Belgium

American Embassy: 011-32-2-512-5519Nations covered: Belgium, Luxembourg, U.S. Mission to NATO and the EU

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### Copenhagen, Denmark

American Embassy: 011-45-3341-7100Nations covered: Denmark, Faroe Island, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
                    - Stockholm, Sweden Suboffice  American Embassy: 011-46-8-783-5300 

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### London, England

American Embassy: 0-11-44-207-894-0007Nations covered: United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales), Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey)

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### Madrid, Spain

American Embassy: 011-34-91-587-2200Nations covered: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain

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### Paris, France

American Embassy: 011-33-1-4312-2222Nations covered: France, Monaco
                    - Lyon Suboffice (INTERPOL) 

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### Prague, Czech Republic

American Embassy: 011-420-2-5702-2000Nations covered: Czech Republic and Slovakia 

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### Rome, Italy

American Embassy: 011-39-06-4674-2710Nations covered: Italy, Malta, San Marino, Vatican City

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### The Hague, Netherlands

American Embassy:  011-31-70-310-2264Nations covered: Netherlands, U.S. Mission to Europol

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### Vienna, Austria

American Consulate: 011-43-1-313-39-2155Nations covered: Austria, Croatia, Slovenia

### Middle East 

### Abu Dhabi, UAE

American Embassy: 011-971-2-414-2200Nation covered: United Arab Emirates

**Dubai, UAE Suboffice**011-971-4-309-4000

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### Amman, Jordan

American Embassy: 011-962-6-590-6000Nations covered: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
                    - Beirut, Lebanon Suboffice  American Embassy: 011-961-4-542-600 

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### Baghdad, Iraq

American Embassy: 1-240-553-0590Nation covered: Iraq
                    - Erbil, Iraq Suboffice 

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### Cairo, Egypt

American Embassy: 011-202-2797-3300Nation covered: Egypt

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### Doha, Qatar

American Embassy: 011-974-4496-6000Nations covered: Kuwait, Qatar

**Kuwait City, Kuwait Suboffice**American Embassy: 011-965-2259-1001

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### Islamabad, Pakistan

American Embassy: 011-92-51-208-0000Nation covered: Pakistan
                    - Karachi, Pakistan Suboffice  American Consulate: 011-92-21-3527-5000 

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### Kabul, Afghanistan

American Embassy: 301-490-1042Nation covered: Afghanistan

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### Muscat, Oman

American Embassy: 968-2464-3400Nation covered: Oman

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### Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

American Embassy: 011-966-1-488-3800Nations covered: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

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### Tel Aviv, Israel

American Embassy: 011-972-3-519-7575Nations covered: Israel, Palestinian National Authority
                    - Jerusalem, Israel Suboffice  +972-2-622-7127 

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