US, China to cooperate on combating firearms smuggling

The US and China have committed themselves to cooperate on combating firearms smuggling and Internet child pornography.

The decision in this regard was taken during the two-day US-China Joint Liaison Group on Law Enforcement Cooperation (JLG) in Guangzhou where officials of the two countries discussed ways to address the pressing transnational criminal threats that affect both countries.

“The talks resulted in commitments to target chemical precursors to illicit drugs and cooperate on combating firearms smuggling and Internet child pornography,” the State Department said in a statement.

The Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William Brownfield and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz led the US delegation to the 10th Plenary Session of the JLG meeting on December 17-18.