FBI director Comey: Partnership with Romanian Intelligence Service among our best worldwide

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The director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigations James Comey met the head of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Eduard Hellvig on Tuesday, and subsequently appreciated the partnership with the SRI among the best the FBI has worldwide.

Photo credit: (c) Silviu MATEI / AGERPRES PHOTO

Comey congratulated Hellvig for his recent appointment at the SRI and especially thanked SRI deputy director, General Florin Coldea, within the context of their meeting in Washington shortly after taking the office at the FBI; he also thanked deputy directors Ion Grosu and Dumitru Cocoru.

This was his first visit to Bucharest since he was appointed at the FBI in the autumn of 2013, Comey mentioned. His predecessor Bob Mueller paid his last visit to Romania in 2011. Mueller underscored that Romania and the United States have a collaboration relation vital for the fight against terrorism and crime. This was true back then and it became even truer now, as the Romanian-American partnership has developed over the past three years, the FBI head continued. He also said he felt privileged to be in Bucharest for the celebration of one of FBI's best partnership in the world.

Comey continued by appreciating the force of the partnership between the FBI and the SRI, pointing out that the fight against cybercrime was a top priority for both agencies.
Cybercrime is among FBI's key priorities, and SRI's, too, he declared. Criminals acting over the Internet can cause damage all over the world, as our lives are completely connected to the Internet, the director added. Collaboration was very important, compressing the world, just as the criminals do, in order to protect our citizens, and we are making efforts alongside our Romanian colleagues to identify and...

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