If you think the FBI is a domestic law enforcement agency, think again. The Bureau has long stationed agents as legal attaches in U.S. embassies overseas. After 9/11 the Bureau incorporated counterterrorism into its overseas operations and became truly a global law enforcement agency, complete with intelligence sharing worldwide.
Last week the Bureau’s National Academy held a training session for 170 senior law enforcement officers from 20 nations across the Asia-Pacific region in Taiwan, according to the Asia Times.
The partnership illustrates the trend of national intelligence organizations partnering across borders to expand their reach and effectiveness. The globalization of intelligence is a fact of the 21st century.
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen and the FBI’s Associate Deputy Director Paul Abbate attended the conference
Tsai said the move was “a testament to the island’s importance to rule of law in the international community”. She voiced hope that Taiwan’s intelligence-sharing networks would “expand across East and Southeast Asia.”
Source: Asia Times | FBI training in Taiwan included intel-sharing | Article
