DNA prosecutors in Romania to receive training from FBI experts

Prosecutors from Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) will receive training from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US in order to combat corruption. This will include courses on the use of special investigation techniques and methods, as well as innovative technologies.

The announcement was made after a meeting between the head of the Directorate, Marius I. Voineag, and the legal attaché of the FBI at the US Embassy in Bucharest.

The two discussed the continuation and expansion of the cooperation between the two institutions. While the chief prosecutor of DNA emphasized that the phenomenon of corruption affects the development of Romanian society in all its fields, the FBI representative stated that his agency will provide support to the Directorate through professional training programs.

"The chief prosecutor of DNA emphasized that the phenomenon of corruption affects the development of Romanian society in all its fields: economic, social, political, which can lead, among other things, to a decrease in public trust in democracy and the distancing from European and North Atlantic values. In order for DNA to fulfill its mission of combating high-level corruption, an essential aspect of its managerial vision is the efficient use of the organization's resources to achieve its performance potential. In pursuit of this objective, the FBI will provide support to the Directorate through professional training programs on the use of special investigation techniques and methods, as well as innovative technologies," said a DNA press release cited by HotNews.

The two institutions will also continue to mutually support each other within criminal investigations through international judicial cooperation, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty between Romania and the United States of America on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed in Washington on May 26, 1999.

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