FBI to open office with Cambodia police amid frosty ties
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will set up an office at Cambodia’s national police headquarters to help track down American criminals, at a time when Washington is seeking to repair strained relations with a close ally of China.

The office will serve to support Cambodian police in efforts to arrest American fugitives and to fight terrorism, police spokesman Chhay Kim Khoeun said on Tuesday.

“Before, we cooperated on a case-by-case basis and now we are having an office to work with the objective to work fast,” Chhay Kim Khoeun told Reuters.

Chhay Kim Khoeun said he did not know about the timeframe for when the office would be established.

In an email statement to Reuters, the US Embassy in Phnom Penh declined to comment on the FBI office but said the two institutions had an established relationship.

“A joint FBI-Cambodian National Police task force established to fight crimes against children, money laundering, and financial crime is now operational. Our law enforcement cooperation makes both our countries safer,” it said.
- Reuters
https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2020/10/1 ... rosty-ties

xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:29 pm Isn't it a little unusual for a sovereign country to allow another countries law enforcement to set up shop there? I've never heard of it happening anywhere else.
It kind of sends the message of a two-tier legal framework where foreigners here will be policed by US law enforcement agencies and as such, expected to abide by US laws, whereas the locals will continue to be policed by their own.

Strange set-up for a country to have if you ask me. I accept there are many western criminals here, either on the run, committing crimes while here, or both, and that the local police sometimes struggle to track them down, but I'd guess that Chinese criminals are a bigger problem than western ones. Will China also come here to deal with their own?

Will there be a situation where Chinese residents answer to Chinese police, Western residents answer to American police and locals answer to Khmer police?

Erm, there's one in London too? I would imagine this is similar set up as they have there and in many other country.

Edit. yeah I think the London one is in embassy too and it's bit strange that this one is in local police office like Doc says below.

Hopefully they will help to catch more f***in peados, from US and else. That would be some progress.

The FBI has been here for years:

FBI Legal Attaché Office

The Phnom Penh Legal Attaché (Legat) Office is the 60th overseas presence for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Legat offices are staffed by FBI law enforcement professionals and support staff who work to stop foreign crime as far from American shores as possible and to help solve international crimes that do occur as quickly as possible.

As former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III has noted, “The globalization of crime—whether terrorism, international trafficking of drugs, contraband, and people, or cyber crime—absolutely requires us to integrate law enforcement efforts around the world. And that means having our agents working directly with their counterparts overseas on cases of mutual interest—not only to solve crimes that have been committed, but to prevent crimes and acts of terror by sharing information in real time.”

The activities of the Legat Offices are to:

Coordinate international investigations with their colleagues;

Cover international leads for domestic U.S. investigations;

Link U.S. and international resources in critical criminal and terrorist areas that better ensure the safety of the American public here and abroad.
The rules for joint activities and information sharing are generally spelled out in formal agreements between the United States and the Legat’s host country; and

Coordinate FBI training classes for police in their geographic areas—everything from counterterrorism and cybercrime matters to forensic techniques to human trafficking and human rights.

The FBI’s Legal Attaché program is overseen by the Office of International Operations, headed by a Special Agent in Charge, at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC. This Office keeps in close contact with other federal agencies, Interpol, foreign police and security officers in Washington, and national and international law enforcement associations.

https://kh.usembassy.gov/embassy/phnom- ... fices/fbi/

There are Joint Task Force (JTF) offices all over the world. The JTF is a tool to help build professional capacity in a country where it is situated, while at the same time dealing with transnational crimes involving Americans, as well as others. Cambodia needs training in all the areas outlined in the article.

I expect a sharp dip in American shitbirds hiding out and/or committing crimes in the Kingdom. GOOD.

Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:10 pm Hopefully they will help to catch more f***in peados, from US and else. That would be some progress.

The crook NGO's are already doing that

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will set up an office at Cambodia’s national police headquarters to help track down American criminals

Are there really that many American criminals here or are they expecting many to come later?