Louis Freeh, Director of the FBI, said Friday that law enforcement organizations in Japan and the U.S. need to cooperate more to combat the growing threat of cross-border organized crime.
During a news conference at the U.S. Embassy, Freeh said that Japan and U.S. police authorities should promote the exchange of more information and personnel to jointly combat such borderless crimes as drug-trafficking, terrorism, money-laundering and other financial crimes.
He also said that cooperation between the two countries would push other law enforcement authorities worldwide to cooperate on public safety.
Earlier in the day, Freeh, who made a stopover in Japan on his way to Seoul to attend a general meeting of Interpol, visited the National Police Agency and the National Public Safety Commission.
Freeh and NPA Chief Yuko Sekiguchi agreed to help each other fight international organized crime.