Press Releases
FBI wraps up post blast training with students from NCTC, CNP and NCTSF
Released in Phnom Penh, May 13, 2009
On Friday May 15th Laro Tan, the legal attaché from the American Embassy, will preside over the closing ceremony of the Post Blast Crime Scene School which began on May 11th. The event will begin at 12:00 in the Brigade 70 headquarters which is located near Pochentong International Airport. Press is invited to attend.
The Post Blast Crime Scene School was designed to instruct Cambodian investigators to properly process a crime scene involving bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Representatives from the Cambodian National Police (CNP), National Counterterrorism Committee (NCTC) and the National Counterterrorism Special Forces (NCTSF) participated in the five day course.
In the past U.S. prosecutors have been unable to obtain solid convictions due in part to the mishandling of evidence and intelligence at the scene of a crime. This training initiative provided the participants with evidence and intelligence gathering techniques which will better meet the standards of the U.S. courts and allow them to better assist U.S. prosecutors obtain evidence in order to build cases and seek convictions when U.S. based interests have been targeted in the region. It is also another sign of the increasing cooperation between the law enforcement services of the United States and Cambodia as we work to maintain security in the region.
