Department of Homeland Security officials led a delegation to discuss cybersecurity with Cuban officials in Havana this week, the State Department said on Wednesday.
Assistant Deputy Associate Director Alexis Torres from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations led the U.S. delegation from Feb. 22-23. The meeting was aimed at exchanging “information and best practices related to preventing cybercrime and online fraud, including in the areas of pharmaceutical fraud and illicit narcotics,” the State Department said in its Wednesday press release.
Other topics included development of a legal framework for penalizing cybercrime, and protecting children from online predators.
The parties initially discussed cybersecurity at an inaugural “Law Enforcement Dialogue” in Washington, D.C., in November. The U.S. has sought to initiate or revamp cybersecurity agreements, particularly with partners in South America and Asia, over the last year.
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The State Department has also called law enforcement “a key area in the bilateral relationship … on the path toward normalized relations with Cuba.”
