TIRANA, January 22 /ATA/ A delegation from the Albanian State Police paid a visit in Washington, to the central offices of DEA and ICITAP, where they met with DEA Deputy Director George Papadopoulos, Chief of Operations William Kimbell and Chief of the Regional Office John Livanis.
Head of the Sector for the Investigation of Criminal Groups, Director Dorian Muça made a presentation of the joint fight against trafficking of narcotics and the criminal groups that deal with this trafficking.
Papadopoulos agreed with the requests of the Albanian delegation for opening of the DEA office in Tirana.
The meeting took place in an atmosphere of good understanding and sincerity and Papadopoulos responded positively to the invitation made by the General Director to visit the State Police.
During their visit to the States, the delegation of the Albanian State Police also visited the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) headquarters. There the delegation met Deputy Director Gregory Ducot. During this meeting, there was positively evaluated the cooperation of the State Police with ICITAP for several years, in several areas in support of the State Police. The interlocutors emphasized that the State Police and ICITAP are reliable partners and the cooperation will be further deepened. /p.s./
