Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic and director of the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center Charles Kable on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding through which Croatia will gain access to the US Terrorist Screening Database, which contains data on all persons who may be linked to terrorism.

The Ministry of the Interior said that the memorandum, signed in the southern Croatian city of Dubrovnik, would step up cooperation between Croatian institutions and the US agency.

“The close cooperation between our two countries, in intelligence community as well as between institutions and law enforcement agencies, is encouraging, and I commend Croatia’s wishes to contribute to the global fight against terrorism,” Kable said.

Based on the document, Croatia’s Interior Ministry and the Terrorist Screening Centre would share information with the aim of preventing terrorist attacks, including information on transnational organised crime and other serious types of crime.

The possibilities that have opened up with signing this agreement represent a powerful tool in increasing the security levels of Croatian and American people, which is definitely a great step forward in the global fight against terror, against organised crime, but also illegal migrations, Bozinovic said.

The document signed today marks a continuation of strategic partnership and improving institutional cooperation between Croatia’s Interior Ministry and the United States in prevention and fight against serious crime, including terror, human and drug trafficking, corruption and organised crime. This cooperation was first agreed during Bozinovic’s visit to the US earlier this year, and reaffirmed during a visit by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Croatia in May.

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