Credit:   Wikipedia Commons / DEA /   Uttam Anthony Singh Dhillon served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) July 2, 2018 – May 18, 2020

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Attorney General William P. Barr announced today Uttam Anthony Singh Dhillon will become INTERPOL Washington Director after Wayne Salzgaber returns to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security following his over two-year detail serving as INTERPOL Washington Director, effective August 1.  INTERPOL Washington, the U.S. National Central Bureau, is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice and is co-managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  

“I want to thank Director Wayne Salzgaber for his service to the Department of Justice as the Deputy Director and Director of INTERPOL Washington, while on detail to us from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Director Salzgaber has done an excellent job leading one of the Department’s most significant crime fighting agencies these past five years, achieving many successes on high-profile cases while advancing the rule of law and combatting transnational crime and terrorism. I greatly appreciate Director Salzgaber’s service to the Department and our nation, and I wish him well as he returns to DHS.  I am pleased to appoint Uttam Dhillon as the next INTERPOL Washington Director.”

-Attorney General William Barr

Credit: justice.gov / INTERPOL Washington, the U.S. National Central Bureau, is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice and is co-managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

As INTERPOL Washington Director,  Dhillon will act on behalf of the Attorney General as the official U.S. representative to INTERPOL, the world’s largest International Criminal Police Organization, and its 194 member countries, leading the U.S. Government’s efforts to share and exchange international criminal investigate, border security and humanitarian assistance information across the INTERPOL communications platform, and be responsible for all personnel and assets dedicated to INTERPOL Washington’s mission of supporting domestic and international law enforcement and border security operations around the globe.  Dhillon is a dedicated public servant who has served in the Department of Justice, the White House, DHS, Congress, and as a career federal prosecutor, according to the DOJ.   Dhillon was appointed Acting Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), on July 2, 2018, and for nearly two years led a workforce of over 15,000 and oversaw a budget of $3.2 billion. He was responsible for DEA’s enforcement, intelligence, administrative, and regulatory activities worldwide. He previously served on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and is co-chair of the IACP Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Committee.  Prior to joining the DEA, he served as Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States.

Attorney General Barr installed the fourth acting DEA director in five years