Interior Minister meets head of FBI, discusses cooperation prospects
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Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia met with the director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation Christopher Wray as part of his official visit to the US yesterday evening to discuss bilateral cooperation in fighting transborder organised crime and cybercrime.
The two officials discussed challenges for Georgia in terms of cybercrime and agreed on priorities in further cooperation involving US support to the MIA for improving investigation standards, as well as the training of Georgian police officers at the FBI Academy.
The parties agreed that officers from the MIA central criminal department will be trained at the FBI Academy.
The Interior Minister has visited the academy himself with members of a Georgian delegation and has been informed about training methods.
Giorgi Gakharia and Christopher Wray have also agreed that Georgian law enforcers will be involved in operations against international and transborder organised crime.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has initiated changes to provide tougher punishments for concealing, not reporting a crime.
The Georgian and French interior ministers signed an agreement in Paris today to create a joint working group against the transnational organised crime.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia says that threats coming from the possibility of Georgian asylum seekers cooperating with members of organised crime have been ‘neutralised’ as the result of ‘effective cooperation’ with the country’s European partners.
Acting Interior Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia told lawmakers today that his body is launching a new project which envisages gifting flats to police staff in Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi and Rustavi.
Georgian patrol police officers and representatives of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia have undergone training in driving vehicles in extreme situations at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in the United States.
The Bureau of Intl Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) of the US Department of State has provided LiDAR laser technology to the Georgian Patrol Police in order to prevent traffic accidents in the country.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia marked Orthodox New Year, which is also called ‘Old New Year’ in Georgia, at the occupation line, and wished ministry employees of the Special Tasks Department a happy year and gave them presents as well.
Anna Chakvetadze will become the first Georgian female law enforcement officer to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, the United States Embassy in Tbilisi announced on Friday.