Taipei Times
Date: Aug 16, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plans to establish an office
Phillip Esch, narcotics attache for the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Office, speaks at a forum in Taipei on Tuesday. Photo: Hsieh Chun-lin, Taipei Times
in Taipei to promote exchanges with local law enforcement agencies, a US narcotics official said on Tuesday.
Phillip Esch, narcotics attache for the DEA Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Office, made the announcement at a two-day international workshop on combating transnational crime and forensic science that opened in Taipei on Tuesday under the US-Taiwan Global Cooperation and Training Framework.
The DEA hopes the proposed Taipei office will help enhance cooperation between law enforcement agencies, and that the two sides will be able to further exchange information on cross-border crime, Esch said.
However, the date for establishing the office has yet to be determined, he added. [FULL STORY]
