Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan intend to cooperate in combating economic crime

Bishkek, Sept.2, 2019. /Kabar/. Kyrgyzstan’s State Service for Combating Economic Crimes (SSCEC) and the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of Tajikistan signed the Action Plan for the implementation of the Agreement "On Cooperation in Combating Economic and Financial Crimes", the press service of the SSCEC reported.
The Agreement was signed during the participation of delegation from the Kyrgyz Republic in the XX session of the Coordinating Council of the Heads of Tax (Financial) Investigations Bodies of the CIS member states (CCITB) on Aug. 21 this year in Dushanbe.
The Plan was signed in order to develop contacts at the interregional level and expand cooperation between the territorial subdivisions of the two departments, authorized to combat economic crime in the border regions of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
SSCEC Chairman Bakir Taiyrov delivered a welcoming speech, noting that the strengthening of bilateral cooperation is fully reflected in the potential of trade and economic relations between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
In turn, Director of the Tajik Agency for State Financial Control S.Sultanzoda thanked the Kyrgyz side and confirmed his readiness for further fruitful cooperation in the field of combating economic crime as part of the current Agreement, as well as exchange of experience in the detection, suppression and investigation of cross-border crime of corruption and economic orientation.
The meetings participants noted the Action Plan will resolve a number of problematic issues, mainly related to economic smuggling at the state border of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan.