By Stephen G. Fellajuah
Monrovia, Liberia, January 23, 2026 — A delegation from america Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has held high-level discussions with the Liberian Nationwide Police (LNP) as a part of ongoing efforts to strengthen cooperation between U.S. and Liberian legislation enforcement companies.
The FBI delegation visited Monrovia on Thursday, January 22, 2026, and met with senior LNP officers on the police headquarters. The engagement centered on enhancing bilateral collaboration, strengthening justice-sector partnerships, and bettering joint approaches to felony investigations and safety challenges.
The three-member FBI workforce, headed by Christen Schill, held a closed-door assembly with the Inspector Basic of Police, throughout which each side exchanged views on urgent nationwide and regional safety considerations.
Discussions centered on strengthening cooperation within the combat in opposition to transnational organized crime, tackling monetary and cyber-related offenses, and boosting legislation enforcement capability by coaching and technical help.
The go to underscores sustained engagement between Liberia’s safety establishments and worldwide companions geared toward reinforcing nationwide and regional safety frameworks.
The FBI engagement types a part of a broader sample of U.S. authorities justice-sector visits to Liberia. Earlier delegations have included officers from the U.S. Division of Justice, Homeland Safety Investigations, and the FBI. Notably, a U.S. justice delegation visited Liberia in September 2024 to assist efforts towards establishing a Battle and Financial Crimes Court docket, partaking authorities officers, legislation enforcement companies, and civil society to share experience on investigating and prosecuting advanced crimes.
Such engagements are supposed to construct institutional capability inside Liberia’s justice and legislation enforcement sectors, improve info sharing and investigative coaching, assist justice reforms, together with the institution of particular courts, and strengthen the rule of legislation by sustained cooperation with U.S. counterparts.
The FBI go to displays the broader, longstanding partnership between Liberia and america within the areas of safety, legislation enforcement, and governance, which additionally encompasses migration administration, visa coverage coordination, and ongoing bilateral dialogue on regional safety and justice points.
