Sec. 2104. Combating criminal violence and improving citizen security
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The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development are authorized— to counter the violence and crime perpetrated by armed criminal gangs, illicit trafficking organizations, and human smuggling networks in Central America by providing assistance to civilian law enforcement, including support for— the execution and management of complex, multi-actor criminal cases; the enhancement of intelligence collection capacity, and training on civilian intelligence collection (including safeguards for privacy and basic civil liberties), investigative techniques, forensic analysis, and evidence preservation; community policing policies and programs; the enhancement of capacity to identify, investigate, and prosecute crimes involving sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence; and port, airport, and border security officials, agencies and systems, including— the professionalization of immigration personnel; improvements to computer infrastructure and data management systems, secure communications technologies, nonintrusive inspection equipment, and radar and aerial surveillance equipment; and assistance to canine units; to disrupt illicit financial networks in Central America, including by supporting— finance ministries, including the imposition of financial sanctions to block the assets of individuals and organizations involved in money laundering or the financing of armed criminal gangs, illicit trafficking networks, human smuggling networks, or organized crime; financial intelligence units, including the establishment and enhancement of anti-money laundering programs; and the reform of bank secrecy laws; to assist in the professionalization of civilian police forces in Central America by supporting— reforms with respect to personnel recruitment, vetting, and dismissal processes, including the enhancement of polygraph capability for use in such processes;
Inspectors General and oversight offices, including relevant training for inspectors and auditors, and independent oversight mechanisms, as appropriate; and training and the development of protocols regarding the appropriate use of force and human rights; to improve crime prevention and to reduce violence, extortion, child recruitment into gangs, and sexual slavery by supporting— the improvement of child protection systems; the enhancement of programs for at-risk youth, including the improvement of community centers and programs aimed at successfully reinserting former gang members; livelihood programming that provides youth and other at-risk individuals with legal and sustainable alternatives to gang membership; safe shelter and humanitarian responses for victims of crime and internal displacement; and programs to receive and effectively reintegrate repatriated migrants in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.