Posted on 11/07/2005 11:07:29 AM PST by Esther Ruth
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European Union's police agency and the U.S. Secret Service agreed on Monday to share more information to beef up the fight against terrorism and organized crime, Europol said.
The crime-fighting agencies will share sensitive financial information on individuals and keep an eye on each other's operations through the exchange of personnel.
The deal expands an earlier arrangement agreed in 2002 between Europol and the U.S. Department of Justice.
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"We hope to work together more closely on areas like counterfeit money, financial crime and fraud, and exchange information about criminal suspects and networks," a Europol spokesman said.
Europol has already posted two liaison officers to Washington, while the US Secret Service has placed one person at Europol, the agency said.
Let me guess. Joey Wilson is to be assigned as liason between EU and US Intel efforts.
Have they agreed to exchange forged documents yet?
That probalby is in the basic underlining operations manual all will be required to adhere to.
Rhetorically.... Do intelligence agencies usually hold press conferences to announce the start of information sharing ?
Sounds like the EU intel agency is looking for some name recognition and/or credibility in the eyes of citizens.
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