Balanced Prosecution of Transnational Organized Crime Cases | OFOP0003790

Opportunity Summary:

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), is offering a single grant opportunity titled "Balanced Prosecution of Transnational Organized Crime Cases" (Funding Opportunity Number OFOP0003790). The project focuses on Serbia and is aimed at reducing political interference in the prosecution service, which INL identifies as a continuing obstacle to effectively countering transnational organized crime, money laundering, and other priorities tied to U.S. security and foreign policy objectives. The core idea is to make case assignment harder to manipulate by introducing a technology solution that assigns cases through a weighted, random process rather than through discretionary routing that can be influenced by politics or internal pressure.

The central deliverable is the development of a software-based weighted, random case-allocation system. In practical terms, the tool would randomly distribute transnational organized crime and money laundering cases among prosecutors while still accounting for legitimate operational factors through "weighting" (for example, workload balancing, specialization, complexity, conflicts of interest, or other policy-approved criteria). By combining randomness with controlled weighting, the system is meant to reduce the likelihood that sensitive investigations are steered toward or away from particular prosecutors for improper reasons, while still keeping assignments functional and defensible from a management standpoint.

INL links the expected impact of this system to improved prosecutorial integrity and stronger outcomes in high-stakes proceedings, specifically including extradition matters and cases involving high-level corruption and leaders of transnational criminal organizations. The rationale is that a fairer, more transparent allocation process should support more consistent handling of complex cases and reduce opportunities for selective prosecution or case suppression. This is being pursued at the request of Serbia's High Prosecutorial Council, the oversight body for the prosecution service, signaling that the project is intended to align with institutional reform priorities and governance structures already in place.

This is a mandatory grant under CFDA 19.705 within the Law, Justice, and Legal Services category. The total funding ceiling is $1,100,000, and INL expects to make one award, meaning the competition is structured to fund a single implementer to design, develop, and likely help operationalize the system. The opportunity was created on 2026-09-09 and has an application deadline of 2026-11-09. Eligible applicants are listed as "Others," but the announcement emphasizes that applicants must meet the specific eligibility requirements described in Section C of the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which applicants would need to review closely to confirm organizational eligibility and any additional conditions.

Overall, this funding opportunity is narrowly targeted: it is less about general training or broad justice-sector support and more about building and implementing a specific technological mechanism to reduce case assignment manipulation in serious organized crime and money laundering prosecutions in Serbia. The expected result is a more impartial prosecutorial process that strengthens the rule of law and improves the handling of cases that intersect with U.S. national security interests, particularly those involving major criminal networks and corruption at senior levels.

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