Garda strengthening international networking

The Garda commissioner recently visited the agency’s liaison officer in Bogota, Colombia as part of a networking trip to North and South America, as reported here. In Colombia, “discussions centred on the booming cocaine trade from South America to Europe.” Commenting on the involvement of organized crime groups in drug trafficking and other transnational offenses, the commissioner said “It takes a network to defeat a network.” The Garda plan to open additional liaison offices in UAE and in Southeast Asia in the next year.