1. 2019 TechWomen Take Over Silicon Valley

   This year, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsored one-hundred and six women leaders in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields from Africa, the Middle East, and South and Central Asia through the 2019 TechWomen exchange program.

2. Virtual Workshop Trains U.S. Law Enforcement to Combat Trafficking in Ancient Coins

   Nearly 100 participants included reps from universities, museums, and coin associations.

3. Virtual Workshop Trains U.S. Law Enforcement to Combat Trafficking in Manuscripts

   Over 100 participants included reps from across the federal government, U.S. universities, and private sector.

4. Seasoned Law Enforcement Receive Advanced Training to Protect Cultural Heritage

   Cultural property, art, and antiquities are vulnerable to looting, theft, and trafficking by criminal and terrorist groups around the world.

5. Virtual Workshop Trains Law Enforcement to Disrupt Trafficking of Central Asian Cultural Property

   The trafficking in stolen, looted, or forged art, antiquities, and other cultural objects benefits criminal organizations and terrorist groups, erodes the legal art market, and harms our relationships with foreign partners and allies.

6. Virtual Workshop Trains Law Enforcement to Disrupt Trafficking in Cultural Property from Latin America

   On July 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) held a virtual training workshop for law enforcement officials from the United States to enhance their knowledge of cultural property from Latin America and to build capacity to disrupt its trafficking.

7. Law Enforcement Receive Advanced Training to Counter Threats to Cultural Heritage

   Cultural property, art, and antiquities are vulnerable to looting, theft, and trafficking by criminal and terrorist groups around the world.

8. Trafficking in Cultural Property from Southeast Asia Topic of Latest Virtual Law Enforcement Workshop

   On June 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) held a virtual training workshop for law enforcement officials from the United States to enhance their knowledge of cultural property from Southeast Asia and to build capacity to disrupt its trafficking. 

9. Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee Meeting

   On June 1, 2023, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Scott Weinhold, convened a meeting of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee. The Committee discussed cultural heritage protection in Ukraine and Sudan, recent multilateral engagement, and trainings and investigations with international law enforcement partners.

10. 2023 TIP Report Heroes Engage with American Anti-Trafficking Professionals through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)

    The U.S. Department of State honored the 2023 TIP Report Heroes - remarkable individuals from Brazil, Cambodia, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, and Venezuela who have demonstrated tireless commitment to combating human trafficking.

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