FBI Legal Attache Office
Recent LEGAT Activities in Cambodia
FBI/IRS agents recognized for their service (Dec 19, 08)
Laro Tan, the Embassy’s legal attaché, and five of his colleagues from the FBI and the IRS were honored on December 19th at a medal ceremony presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Sar Keng and other Ministry of Interior officials. The group was recognized for their contributions to the arrest of Chhun Yasith, the head of the group known as the ...
FBI Director Inaugurates Embassy's New Legal Attaché Office (Jan 31, 08)
During a two-day visit to Cambodia January 30-31, 2008, the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Robert S. Mueller, III, inaugurated the 60th U.S. Legal Attaché Office, which is located at the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh. (Legal Attaché Office is the official name for FBI offices located in countries outside of the United ...
Cambodian Authorities Receive FBI Training on Case Management (Sep 21, 07)
The U.S. Embassy's Legal Attaché Office or "Legat" -- the local representative of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) -- concluded a five-day workshop today on "Major Case Management." The training took place at the Cambodian National Counter Terrorism Committee facility in Phnom Penh and was attended by approximately 50 high ranking ...
The FBI's New Outpost in Southeast Asia (Aug 02, 07)
When Laro Tan was a child, his family was forced to flee Cambodia during the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge. Today, he’s back in his native land as an FBI agent working to stand up the Bureau's new overseas office in its capital city of Phnom Penh. The office—called a Legal Attaché or "Legat"—is one of some 60 Bureau outposts around the world ...