a joint police liaison team of Russia and Poland to be set up soon

The Polish and Russian interior ministers have signed an agreement to set up a joint police liaison team to counter cross-border crime. The Russian minister, Vladimir Rushaylo, said police would exchange operational information, as well as data on money-laundering, terrorism, computer crime and illegal human trafficking, BBC announces. The two ministers also signed a programme Border 2001 for improving co-operation in their border regions.