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Countering risks posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters discussed at OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
More than 150 experts and law enforcement officials from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation took part in the OSCE’s Second OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit on 1 and 2 November 2018 in Vienna...
OSCE trains border guards in Serbia on detecting forged and counterfeited documents
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Border management, Policing
A one-week training course for 15 Serbian border guards to enhance their skills in detecting forged and fraudulent documents as well as imposters was held from 29 October to 2 November 2018 in Belgrade. The course was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department...
OSCE organizes intensive training course in Madrid on border management for its Mediterranean Points of Contact Network
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border security and management completed an intensive and interactive five-day training course on various topics related to migration and border security. The course was held from 22 to 26 October 2018 at the premises of the International Co-operation Division of the Spanish National Police in Madrid...
World Customs Organization and OSCE to strengthen co-operation in helping States to address emerging and evolving security threats
Publishing date: 16 October 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
BRUSSELS / VIENNA, 16 October 2018- The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) agreed to deepen their co-operation in addressing emerging and evolving security threats under a Working Arrangement document signed today by the Organizations’ Secretaries General Kunio Mikuriya and Thomas Greminger, respectively...
OSCE launches online training on mainstreaming gender in the security sector
Publishing date: 11 October 2018
At an event on 10 and 11 October in Vienna, the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department launched an online training course on mainstreaming gender in the security sector.
OSCE organizes regional workshop on combating illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property in Montenegro
Publishing date: 5 October 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Policing
PODGORICA, 5 October 2018 – More than 50 participants from police, border and customs services, and the Ministries of Justice and Culture from South-east Europe and the Caucasus completed a five-day workshop in Podgorica today on combating illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property...
OSCE helps law enforcement authorities in Moldova to establish Advance Passenger Information system
Publishing date: 12 July 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
A workshop on how to set up an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in Moldova was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit (BSMU) of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) from 10 to 12 July in Chisinau. The aim of establishing an API system is to better regulate exit, entry, and transit of air passengers.