Law Enforcement

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Establishing the rule of law in all aspects of public and private life is crucial to political stability and economic prosperity. Under NEI, the U.S. is implementing a number of programs to help complete the development of efficient legal systems in the Baltic states, combat corruption and money-laundering there and in northwest Russia, and establish the legal framework to encourage trade and investment. The U.S. provides direct legal assistance and training to all three Baltic states and Russia and supports the Riga Graduate School of Law in Latvia, which provides a modern legal education to students from all three Baltic republics. An NEI Law Enforcement Task Force directs operational cooperation with the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Task Force on Organized Crime. Department of Justice regional legal advisers assist Russia and the Baltic states in strengthening legal procedures and judicial systems, and the U.S. helps support an international police-training center in Poland that is open to participants from the region.