Head of FBI Eurasia Office visits SIPA

The State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) was visited today (3 September 2015) by the head of the FBI Eurasia Office based in Washington, Damian Bricko, who met with SIPA Deputy Director Đuro Knežević. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the US Embassy in Sarajevo, reports the Patria news agency.

The meeting discussed all aspects of the Agency's work, its competencies, organisational structure, results achieved in the previous period, the role it plays in the security system of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as current security challenges.

Also discussed were specific operational activities, as well as modalities and directions of future cooperation, and the FBI's support in strengthening SIPA's overall investigative capacities through organising specialist training for its investigators.

It was noted that the cooperation between the partner agencies so far has been extremely successful, and that it will continue in the coming period.