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U.S. Embassy and U.S. Justice Department Train Albanian Police in Counterfeit Documents

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Tirana, January 19 NOA - Consular Officers from the U.S. Embassy in Tirana, along with a trainer from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency in conjunction with the United States' International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), conducted a training session today in Durrës for approximately 60 members of the Border and Migration Department of the Albanian State Police.

The training program is designed to help border control officers of the Albanian Police spot counterfeit travel documents to increase border security.

Gary Bullard, Program Manager of the U.S. Department of Justice’s ICITAP, said: “The U.S. Embassy, through ICITAP, is pleased to support the continued professional development of the law enforcement officers of the Albanian State Police."

Training is part of a continued effort by the U.S. Embassy through ICITAP to assist the Albanian State Police in their modernization efforts.

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