FBI AGENTS WILL BE SENT TO SARAJEVO TO HELP INVESTIGATE LEUTAR'S MURDER

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Hina) - Two special FBI agents will be sent to Sarajevo to help in the investigation of the murder of Jozo Leutar, a former Deputy Interior Minister of the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina, said FBI assistant director for international operations James Weber. Weber was speaking at a debate on organised crime in south-east Europe, organised by the Congress Committee on the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Participating in the debate were also John Tarrant, deputy head of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Office for Europe, and Rob Boon, an official with the State Department section for international crime and drugs. The two agents will stay in Sarajevo at least three months, Weber said. He added the agents would also provide advisory services for the police forces of the two Bosnian entities regarding the problem of transnational crime. Weber believes that the recently opened coordination centre in Bucharest, through which the police forces of 11 countries in the region are cooperating, could play the main role in fighting organised crime in the region. (hina) rml