Romanian and American authorities are set to negotiate the establishment of a Transnational Criminal Investigations Unit (TCIU) in Bucharest meant to gather evidence, exchange information, and facilitate the prosecution of transnational organized crime groups both in Romania and within the US criminal justice system.
To this end, a memorandum of cooperation will be negotiated and signed between the government of Romania, represented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the government of the United States of America, represented by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Internal Security Investigation Agency regarding the Transborder Criminal Investigations Unit.
According to the initiator of the memorandum, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the proposal to establish a Transnational Criminal Investigations Unit (TCIU) in Bucharest was put forward in 2022.
Source : Romania Insider
