AKIPRESS.COM - A group of Mongolian Prosecutors met with the leadership of the judicial system of Bluefield city, WVVA News reportedjavascript:mctmp(0);.

This visit is part of the Congressional Office for International Leadership's Open World Program. It connects professionals from other countries with their peers in the United States. This group is focused on learning more about three specifics areas of law.

"To learn how to digitize criminal proceedings, plea bargaining and also combating narcotics and drug trafficking and all of the related issues to such trafficking," said Dr. Sudhakar Jamkhandi, president of the non-profit: Center for International Understanding.

Dr. Jamkhandi's non-profit helped organize the meetings with judicial leaders in the area. So far the group has spoken with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern district of West Virginia Will Thompson, members of West Virginia’s Drug Task Force as well as the top prosecutor in Mercer County, Brian Cochran.

Marson says part of their discussion compared the city's court to the system used in Mongolia.

"They really wanted to know at the city level our misdemeanors and how our courts are held twice a month and just our process. A lot about how the police officers do their work and prosecute their crimes. They asked questions about our body cameras and other things like that and how we have our checks and balances in the system," said Marson.

The group of prosecutors is also set to cross the border into Virginia and meet with the Tazewell County Commonwealth's Attorney, Chris Plaster.