The American Foreign Service Association invites you to  

Diplomats at Work: Combating Human Trafficking 

Featuring Supervisory Special Agent Kala Bokelman 

March 24, 2021 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. EDT 

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 Have you ever wondered what U.S. diplomats do in embassies and consulates abroad?
Did you know some are there to conduct investigations and fight crime before it reaches our shores? 

Diplomats at Work is a new virtual series focused on telling the stories of the Foreign Service.  

For our first event, we are featuring Kala Bokelman, Supervisory Special Agent with the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service.  

 Join us to hear SSA Bokelman talk about her work, specifically her involvement in a two-year investigation into a child pornography trafficking ring in Costa Rica—a case she calls one of the most gratifying of her career. Learn how U.S. diplomats, living and working overseas, serve as the first line of defense and help protect the United States. There will be opportunities for Q&A. 

Questions? Please contact ruzica@afsa.org
 

About the guest: 

Kala Bokelman has been a Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) special agent for 16 years. Her domestic assignments include the San Francisco Field Office and Washington, D.C., headquarters. She has also served as the assistant regional security officer (ARSO) in Maputo, Mozambique and Baghdad, Iraq and ARSO-Investigator in San Jose, Costa Rica. In 2018, she returned to DS for a domestic assignment in the Overseas Criminal Investigative Division and currently leads the Recruitment Division for DSS. Roughly half of her time in DSS has been spent investigating crimes involving human trafficking, sexual assault and fugitive returns. She has two children and has been out her entire career.