6 U.S.C. § 475: Transnational Criminal Investigative Units

The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall operate Transnational Criminal Investigative Units within Homeland Security Investigations. Each Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit shall be composed of trained foreign law enforcement officials who shall collaborate with Homeland Security Investigations to investigate and prosecute individuals involved in transnational criminal activity. Before entry into a Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit, and at periodic intervals while serving in such a unit, foreign law enforcement officials shall be required to pass certain security evaluations, which may include a background check, a polygraph examination, a urinalysis test, or other measures that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. No member of a foreign law enforcement unit may join a Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit if the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State, has credible information that such foreign law enforcement unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, consistent with the limitations set forth in section 2378d of title 22 . shall be performed with the approval of the chief of mission to the foreign country to which the personnel are assigned; shall be consistent with the duties and powers of the Secretary of State and the chief of mission for a foreign country under section 4802 of title 22 and section 3927 of title 22 , respectively; and shall not be established without the concurrence of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. the procedures used for vetting Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit members to include compliance with the vetting required under this subsection; and any additional measures that should be implemented to prevent personnel in vetted units from being compromised by criminal organizations. The Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations is authorized to pay vetted members of a Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit a monetary stipend in an amount associated with their duties dedicated to unit activities. the number of vetted members of Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit in each country; the amount paid in stipends to such members, disaggregated by country; relevant enforcement statistics, such as arrests and progress made on joint investigations, in each such country; and whether any vetted members of the Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit in each country were involved in any unlawful activity, including human rights abuses or significant acts of corruption.