CROATIAN, GREAT BRITAIN AGREE ON COOPERATION IN FIGHTING CRIME

LONDON, April 14 (Hina) - Croatia and Great Britain have agreed to cooperate in training crime police forces, and Croatia will consider Britain's proposal of an international agreement on fighting organised crime, Croatian Assistant Interior Minister Zeljko Sacic said in London on Tuesday. Sacic is heading an Interior Ministry delegation on a working visit to the British Home Office. London and Zagreb have agreed to cooperate in training crime experts in fighting money laundering, financial and computer crime, as well as to exchange software for processing data on criminal activities. The joint successes of Croatian and British police forces in fighting drugs smuggling has prompted Great Britain to offer Croatia the signing of an international agreement on fighting drug abuse, which Croatia will consider later. Namely, Great Britain has considerable problems with fighting the smuggling of heroine, which arrives from Turkey, via the so-called Balkan route, which also runs through Croatia, Sacic explained. The Assistant Interior Minister also met with the director of the British state crime intelligence service, John Abbot. The two officials agreed on cooperation in the field of technologies for gathering information and analysing intelligence data on organised crime. (hina) rml