About the Embassy

EMBASSY OFFICES

Welcome to the Regional Security Office in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. 

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In these pages you will find information about the work that the agents of the Diplomatic Security Service do to protect American embassies overseas, to assist with international fraud cases, and to provide security information to American businesses.

The U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) is a Federal law enforcement agency mandated with enforcing the laws of the United States pertaining to the illegal issuance, use, or manufacture of passports and visas.

DSS Special Agents have the authority to make arrests for violations of relevant passport and visa statutes as well as to conduct investigations of crimes that occur overseas on U.S. Government property. DSS Special Agents have conducted international document fraud investigations for the past 73 years.

DSS is a unique organization within the Federal law enforcement community because its agents are posted at U.S. embassies throughout the world as Regional Security Officers. They coordinate with police departments from all countries where the United States has diplomatic relations.

This website will explain the types of offenses that DSS investigates and provide some examples of how the team of DSS, State, and local law enforcement agencies can work effectively together to fight certain international crimes that, regardless of where they are committed, violate the laws of the United States.

Diplomatic Security

• Resources on 419 Scams
• 419 Scams
• DS in the US
• Work With Others
• OSAC
• International Fraud
• Security Links