“Taiwan will assign an agent from its Criminal Bureau of Investigation to its embassy in Palau to help local law enforcement combat a growing wave of transnational crime that officials say is originating from Asia, Taiwan’s Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao and Palau’s Minister of Justice Jennifer Olegeriil announced last week.”
“The minister said the arrangement revives a similar partnership that had lapsed, and that the renewed effort came through a formal request from President Surangel Whipps Jr. and her office. The primary threats Palau faces, she said, include drug trafficking, human trafficking and other forms of organized crime traced to China-based networks.”
” ‘Cyber security is definitely an important area,’ Hsiao said, noting that Taiwan participates in the Global Cooperation and Training Framework alongside Japan, Australia and Canada, and plans to include Palau in upcoming workshops.”