US State Department has published the annual report on International Narcotics Control Strategy
In connection with Georgia it is written in the report that throughout Georgian authorities reported seizing significant volumes of illicit drugs including a large seizure of 177 kilograms of heroin and other opioids at the Black Sea Port of Batumi. “To counter organized crime and support international narcotics related investigations, Georgia has police attachs deployed to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Germany, France, Austria, Greece, and Spain. In 2016, Georgia deployed police attachs to Italy and Sweden.”-is stated in the report on International Narcotics Control Strategy of Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
According to the US State Department n 2016, the United States continued to strengthen Georgia’s counter narcotics capacity through operational and training efforts for both law enforcement officers and prosecutors. Specific assistance included advanced narcotics investigation training; regional drug unit commanders’ training; canine interdiction refresher training; complex and conspiracy investigations training; a regional targeting conference; airport drug interdiction training; and building Border Police capacity.
Annual report also states that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration opened an office in Embassy Tbilisi in 2016 and established a permanent country attach.
According to the report- “The Government of Georgia continues to show a strong interest in further collaboration with the United States”.
