Armenia, U.S. considering prospects for deepening cooperation to  counter cybercrime

ArmInfo.Deputy Chairman of the RA Investigative Committee Arsen Ayvazyan today received a delegation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the US Department of Justice, headed by Legal Attache in Armenia and Georgia Heather Bergey.

According to the press service of the RA Investigative Committee, the  delegation also included Administrative Assistant of the US FBI  Office in Georgia Rachel McDermott and investigator of the Regional  Security Service of the US Embassy in Armenia Tigran Petrosyan.

First of all, the Deputy Chairman of the RA Investigative Committee  thanked the US Department of Justice and the FBI for close  cooperation in the fight against transnational crime.

Bergey expressed satisfaction with the high level of mutual trust and  cooperation established with the RA Investigative Committee, noting  that they intend to continue the implementation of new projects aimed  at developing the potential of the RA Investigative Committee within  the priorities set by the Armenian side.

During the meeting, the most important needs for the RA Investigative  Committee to improve the skills of investigators in the areas of drug  trafficking, smuggling, cybercrime, money laundering and the  opportunities for exchange of experience arising from them were  considered, as well as issues of implementing training programs were  discussed.

The parties also stressed the need to intensify joint efforts in the  fight against illegal migration, improve the structures of  information exchange in these areas.

In this regard, the effectiveness of the rapid response format formed  with the RA Investigative Committee and the US Embassy in Armenia was  noted with satisfaction. Other issues of mutual interest were also  discussed during the meeting.