Bavarian Office of Criminal Investigations Talk about the Upcoming G7, Islamic State fighters during Marshall Center Counterterrorism Program

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PTSS participants visit Bavarian Office of Criminal Investigations

Bavarian Office of Criminal Investigations Talk about the Upcoming G7, Islamic State fighters during Marshall Center Counterterrorism Program

By Christine June
Public Affairs Office
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies


MUNICH (March 6, 2015) — Alfred Michel (left) and Andy Neumann (right), from the Bavarian Landeskriminalamt (state office of criminal investigations) in Munich, LKA Bavaria, talk about the upcoming G-7 Summit and the Islamic State fighters who are coming back home to Bavaria to the 72 participants from 54 countries attending the Program in Terrorism and Security Studies March 5 at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, March 4 at the Landeskriminalamt here.

The Marshall Center's PTSS course addresses numerous aspects of a threat that confronts nations around the globe.

The 41st G7 Summit will be held in Scholss Elmau, Krün, Bavaria, Germany, about 15 minutes from the Marshall Center, June 7 and 8.

The four-week course is designed for government officials, military officers and police administrators currently working in mid- and upper- level management positions of counterterrorism organizations throughout the world.

The mission of the Marshall Center, as a vital instrument of German-American cooperation, is to create a more stable security environment by advancing democratic institutions and relationships; promoting active, peaceful, whole-of-government approaches to address transnational and regional security challenges; and, creating and enhancing enduring partnerships worldwide.