Specializing in the investigation of Albanian organized crime, who is McGonigal's replacement as the new head of "Counterintelligence" at the FBI

2023-05-22 20:02:28Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Specializing in the investigation of Albanian organized crime, who is
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Eric J. Reese has been appointed special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence and Cyber ​​Division in the FBI's New York Office.

In this position he takes the place of Charles McGonigal, the agent under investigation of the FBI, who is accused of being involved in corruption affairs and of having favored the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who was on the list of persons sanctioned by the USA.

The FBI website's description of  Eric J. Reese states that he most recently served as a section chief in the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC.

Reese joined the FBI as a special agent in 2004 and worked in the New York field office, where he investigated Eurasian criminal organizations and specialized in the investigation of Albanian organized crime. In 2008, he was transferred to the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters and served as the "watch commander" in the Public Access Center Unit and as a project manager in a counterterrorism assessment unit.

In 2010, Reese was promoted to supervisory special agent and reported to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to serve as the FBI's deputy on the Department of Defense's Joint Task Force. In 2012, he moved to the San Diego office and worked on the human intelligence and violent crime teams.

In 2016 Reese was appointed assistant legal attaché in Moscow in 2016. He returned in 2018 to work as the senior resident supervisory agent for the Tacoma and Poulsbo resident agencies, satellites of the Seattle Field Office. In 2020, he was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the New York Office's Operational Support Division.

He was promoted to section chief in 2022 and headed the Russia Operations Section of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquarters. As section chief, he served as the senior executive responsible for the FBI's efforts to mitigate the threat to national security posed by the intelligence activities of the Russian Federation.

Before joining the FBI, Mr. Reese was a naval flight officer in the US Navy and served in Operations Deny Flight, Southern Watch and Iraqi Freedom. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the US Naval Academy.


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