TIRANA, January 24 /ATA/ Director General of the State Police Muhamet Rrumbullaku is on a working visit to Italy, where he participated in the third operational technical roundtable between the directors of the Italian and Albanian police, with the aim of strengthening bilateral police cooperation and the fight against all threats affecting both countries.
Italian ambassador to Albania Fabrizio Bucci and ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Italy Anila Bitri Lani delivered greeting messages evaluating the level of police cooperation achieved between the two countries.
Prefect Lamberto Giannini underlined that the consolidated relationship of cooperation with the Albanian Police has led to the achievement of very good results in the fight against terrorism, organized crime and drugs trafficking.
On his part, Director Rrumbullaku emphasized the need for constant updating of anti-crime strategies, to adapt them to global threats which are constantly changing.
He thanked Prefect Vittorio Rizzi, the central director of the Criminal Police and the Postal Police Service for the support provided in the case of the hacker attack on the Albanian State Police IT platform in September of last year.
Rrumbullaku said that, “We will always stand by each other’s side, to offer mutual support and assistance.”
The meeting also focused on planning of police training.
On the sidelines of the Roundtable, the Director General of the Albanian Police and the Director General of the Italian Police formalized the agreement on police training issues, signing a document that defines the steps that will be taken for the functionality and implementation of this agreement. /j.p/p.s./
