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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.
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.
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.
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:
Africa | Americas | Asia | Eastern Europe and Eurasia | Europe | Middle East
American Embassy: 011-234-9-461-4000
Nations covered: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria Suboffice
American Consulate: 011-234-1-460-3400
American Embassy: 011-233-30-2741-000
Nations covered: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo
American Embassy: 011-251-11-130-6000
Nations covered: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan
American Embassy: 011-221-33-879-4000
Nations covered: Cape Verde, Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sao Tome’ and Principe, Sierra Leone
American Embassy: 011-254-20-363-6000
Nations covered: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda
American Embassy: 011-27-12-431-4000
Nations covered: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte (French Territory), Mozambique, Namibia, Reunion (French Territory), Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
American Embassy: 011-212-537-762-265
Nations covered: Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara
American Embassy: 011-216-71-107-000
Nations covered: Algeria, Libya, Niger, Tunisia
Niamey, Niger Suboffice
American Embassy: 011-277-20-72-26-61
American Embassy: 011-571-275-2000
Nations covered: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
American Embassy: 011-55-61-3312-7000
011-55-61-3312-7400 (after hours)
Nation covered: Brazil
American Embassy: 1-246-436-4950
Nations 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
American Embassy: 011-5411-5777-4300
Nations covered: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
American Embassy: 011-52-55-5080-2000
Nation 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
American Embassy: 1-613-238-5335
Nation covered: Canada
Toronto Suboffice
American Consulate: 1-416-640-8650
Vancouver Suboffice
American Consulate: 1-604-685-4311
American Embassy: 011-507-317-5000
Nations covered: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
American Embassy: 011-503-2501-2999
Nations 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
American Embassy: 011-56-22-330-3000
Nations covered: Bolivia, Chile, Peru
American Embassy: 1-809-221-2171 or 1-809-567-7775
Nations covered: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
American Embassy: 011-66-2-205-4000
Nations covered: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
American Embassy: 011-8610-6532-3831
Nations covered: Mongolia, People’s Republic of China
American Embassy: 011-61-2-6214-5600
Nations covered: Australia, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia (includes Austral Islands, Bora Bora, Marquesas Islands, Moorea, Society Islands, Tahiti), Kiribati (includes Canton, Caroline, Flint, Gilbert Islands, Malden, Phoenix, Starbuck, Vosttok), Nauru, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Niue, Pitcairn Island, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands (French), Samoa
Sydney Suboffice
American Consulate: 011-612-9373-9200
Wellington, New Zealand, Suboffice
American Embassy: 011-64-4-462-6000
American Embassy: 011-65-476-9100
Nations covered: Bangladesh, Nepal
American Consulate: 011-852-2523-9011
Nations covered: Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan Suboffice
American Institute: 011-2-2162-2000
American Embassy 011-62-21-3435-9000
Nations covered: Indonesia, Timor-Leste
American Embassy: 011-603-2168-5000
Nations covered: Brunei, DIego Garcia, Malaysia, Singapore
Singapore Suboffice
American Embassy: 011-65-6476-910
American Embassy: 011-63-2-301-2000
Nation covered: Philippines
American Embassy: 011-91-1-98-2419-8000
Nations covered: Bhutan, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka
American Embassy: 011-85-23-728-000
Nations covered: Cambodia, Vietnam
American Embassy: 011-82-2-397-4114
Nation covered: South Korea
American Embassy: 011-81-3-3224-5000
Nation covered: Japan
American Embassy: 011-90-312-455-5555
Nation covered: Turkey
Istanbul Suboffice
American Consulate: 011-90-212-335-9000
American Embassy: 011-30-210-720-2490
Nations covered: Cyprus, Greece
American Embassy: 381-11-7064000
Nations covered: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia
American Embassy: 011-40-21-200-3300
Nations covered: Moldova, Romania
American Embassy: 011-36-1-475-4400
Nation covered: Hungary
American Embassy: 011-380-44-521-5000
Nations covered: Belarus, Ukraine
American Embassy: 011-7-495-728-5000
Nation covered: Russia
American Embassy: 011-7-3172-70-2100
Nations covered: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
American Embassy: 011-371-6710-7000
Nations covered: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Tallinn, Estonia Suboffice
American Embassy: 011-372-668-8100
American Embassy: 011-3592-937-5100
Nations covered: Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia
American Embassy: 011-995-32-27-7000
Nations covered: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
American Embassy: 011-4822-628-3041
Nation covered: Poland
American Embassy: 011-49-30-238-5174
Nation covered: Germany
Frankfurt Suboffice
American Consulate: 011-49-69-7535-0
American Embassy: 011-41-31-357-7011
Nations covered: Liechtenstein, Switzerland
American Embassy: 011-32-2-512-5519
Nations covered: Belgium, Luxembourg, U.S. Mission to NATO and the EU
American Embassy: 011-45-3341-7100
Nations covered: Denmark, Faroe Island, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden Suboffice
America Embassy: 011-46-8-783-5488
American Embassy: 0-11-44-207-894-0007
Nations covered: United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales), Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey)
American Embassy: 011-34-91-587-2200
Nations covered: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain
American Embassy: 011-33-1-4312-2222
Nations covered: France, Monaco
Lyon Suboffice (INTERPOL)
American Embassy: 011-420-2-5702-2000
Nations covered: Czech Republic and Slovakia
American Embassy: 011-39-06-4674-2710
Nations covered: Italy, Malta, San Marino, Vatican City
American Embassy: 011-31-70-310-2264
Nations covered: Netherlands, U.S. Mission to Europol
American Consulate: 011-43-1-313-39-2155
Nations covered: Austria, Croatia, Slovenia
American Embassy: 011-971-2-414-2200
Nation covered: United Arab Emirates
Dubai, UAE Suboffice
011-971-4-309-4000
American Embassy: 011-962-6-590-6000
Nations covered: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Beirut, Lebanon Suboffice
American Embassy: 011-961-4-542-600
American Embassy: 1-240-553-0590
Nation covered: Iraq
Erbil, Iraq Suboffice
American Embassy: 011-202-2797-3300
Nation covered: Egypt
American Embassy: 011-974-4496-6000
Nations covered: Kuwait, Qatar
Kuwait City, Kuwait Suboffice
American Embassy: 011-965-2259-1001
American Embassy: 011-92-51-208-0000
Nation covered: Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan Suboffice
American Consulate: 011-92-21-3527-5000
American Embassy: 301-490-1042
Nation covered: Afghanistan
American Embassy: 968-2464-3400
Nation covered: Oman
American Embassy: 011-966-1-488-3800
Nations covered: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
American Embassy: 011-972-3-519-7575
Nations covered: Israel, Palestinian National Authority
Jerusalem, Israel Suboffice
+972-2-622-7127