FBI upgrades New Zealand office to counter China, international crime | Crime News

FBI Director Kash Patel travelled to New Zealand to inaugurate the office, which will also oversee the bureau’s operations in Pacific countries.

The United States’s Federal Bureau of Investigation has upgraded its presence in New Zealand to a standalone office in the capital, Wellington, as both governments work together to counter Chinese influence across the Asia Pacific region, the FBI’s Director Kash Patel said.

Patel travelled to New Zealand to open the office personally and on…