The International Association of Asian Crime Investigator's primary goal is to serve as a conduit for information and criminal intelligence and act as a facilitator of educational opportunities for members of the criminal justice community. IAACI strives to assist in the identification and apprehension of Asian criminals thereby contributing to the quality of life of Asian communities, worldwide.

In 1987, Detective James Badey of the Arlington, Virginia Police Department and Detective Phil Hannum of the Falls Church, Virginia Police Department formed the IAACI with the help of the Falls Church Police Association. The decision to do so was made after consulting with officers working Asian crime in various parts of the United States and determining that Asian communities were not getting the attention and protection they deserved.

In the mid-1990's, the Board of Directors of the Association recognized that the "business as usual" method of allowing membership solely to those representing law enforcement was not conducive to addressing the complexities of Asian criminality.

To overcome this shortfall, the Association expanded its membership roles, enlisting the aid of educators, researchers, criminal justice students and members of the private sector with associated concerns. The IAACI has since grown from a handful of Asian crime investigators into an expanded circle of Asian Crime specialists and authorities representing a broad array of the criminal justice community. "The Quarterly News" was the first publication of the IAACI, offering advice and information on a wide variety of Asian crime related matters, from officers representing all strata of law enforcement in North America. The updated version of the Quarterly, "The IAACI News," continues today, both in the traditional printed format and as part of a sophisticated website, providing information on criminals trends, investigative techniques and information on wanted subjects. The IAACI web site is replete with educational information, research tools, current events, news of training opportunities as well as access to the most current edition of the IAACI News.

The Association sponsors training seminars and the publication of research papers through association with the Center for Asian Crime Studies (CACS). The CACS will serve as the research-arm of IAACI, offering funding for research on select topics of concern to the criminal justice community.

Yearly, IAACI partners with host law enforcement agencies to conduct the International Asian Organized Crime Conference (IAOCC), in select cities throughout North America. The IAOCC is recognized as the premier training conference on Asian crime matters, attracting in excess of one thousand participants each year, from dozens of countries. Many attendees travel hundreds of miles to avail themselves to the body of subject matter expert presenters and to engage in the numerous networking sessions. As an added bonus to this splendid educational extravaganza, each year proceeds from the IAOCC are used to fund perpetual scholarships to aid Asian students pursuing criminal justice degrees.

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