Georgia and Europol to deepen cooperation against crime

Georgia and Europol are expanding joint efforts to better deal with different types of crime.

Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia and Europol's Director Rob Wainwright have signed a Liaison Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding on secure communication line protocol.

The Georgian authorities intend to post a Liaison Officer to Europol headquarters in the upcoming months, which also aims at improving cooperation between the agencies on organised crime.

We were honoured to receive the visit of Mr Giorgi Gakharia, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, earlier this afternoon. @MIAofGeorgia@GEOembassyNLpic.twitter.com/ABxkXiiLCZ

— Europol (@Europol) March 9, 2018

Georgia officially became Europol’s partner in 2016.

Europol is the law enforcement agency of the EU that handles criminal intelligence and combats serious international organised crime by means of cooperation between the relevant authorities of the member states, including those tasked with customs, immigration services, border and financial police.

Headquartered in The Hague in the Netherlands, Europol assists the 28 EU member states in their fight against serious international crime and terrorism.