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ERR - The US Secret Service opens its Estonian office in the Pirita district of the capital on May 20 to serve as the headquarters "to engage counterparts" in Russia and the Nordic region.
"Estonia was selected as the site for the new Secret Service office due to both the investigative nexus it provides in combating cyber and financial crimes, as well as the opportunity it provides the agency in the fulfillment of its protective duties within the region," a statement from the US Embassy in Tallinn said.
The office will include four agents, two of whom have backgrounds in cyber security, US Ambassador in Tallinn Michael C. Polt said earlier. Embassy representatives said the team will be comprised of an attaché, an assistant attaché, an investigator and an administrative employee.
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