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OSCE meeting on anti-money laundering and countering terrorism in Vienna
Publishing date: 6 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 6 February 2012 – The OSCE’s practical contribution to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism, and defining a strategic way forward in this area are the focus of a meeting between representatives from 56 countries which started in Vienna today...
New OSCE department for transnational threats established
Publishing date: 12 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
With the beginning of 2012, a new department has been established that will improve the OSCE’s work on combating transnational threats (TNT), OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier announced on 10 January 2012...
OSCE Secretary General discusses tackling organized crime and drugs trafficking with UNODC
Publishing date: 28 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
Meeting with the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, on 22 December 2011 in Vienna, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed the prospects for closer co-operation to tackle organized crime and drugs trafficking...
OSCE Office in Baku trains judges and prosecutors to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
Publishing date: 27 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
GANJA, Azerbaijan, 27 December 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku launched a training session today in Ganja, the second largest city of Azerbaijan, on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism...
OSCE supports discussion on fight against terrorism financing
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
The OSCE, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime the Romanian Foreign Ministry have organized on 13 and 14 December 2011 a workshop in Bucharest on preventing and fighting terrorism financing...
OSCE organizes expert meeting on preventing the terrorist radicalization of women
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Countering terrorism, Gender equality
VIENNA, 12 December 2011 – The dynamics behind the terrorist radicalization of women and ways to prevent it from happening was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE today for experts from academia, civil society, the media and OSCE participating States...
OSCE Chairperson condemns bomb attacks in Afghanistan, offers condolences
Publishing date: 7 December 2011
VILNIUS, 7 December 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned yesterday’s bomb attacks in Afghanistan in which over 60 people were killed and many injured...