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Regional co-ordination meeting on combating cybercrime in Central Asia held in Vienna
Publishing date: 14 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
On 13 June, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized a regional co-ordination meeting for 20 senior representatives of law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities and educational institutions from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Vienna, Austria.
OSCE supports exchange of practices on asset recovery and asset management among participating States
Publishing date: 13 June 2024
Content type: News
Members of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) and the French Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Asset met in Paris on 10 and 11 June 2024 to exchange experiences and good practices.
Concluding event of the OSCE regional project on combating cybercrime in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
On 11 June, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized the concluding conference for the first phase of its flagship regional capacity-building initiative on combating cybercrime in Central Asia at the Hofburg in Vienna. The conference took stock of the project’s achievements over the last three years, and highlighted the main outcomes and lessons learned from its implementation.
Armenian public officials deep dive into crypto-assets investigations
Publishing date: 12 June 2024
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
Cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets can present a wide range of risks, including but not limited to money laundering, terrorist financing, and fraud. To strengthen Armenia’s crypto-related crime investigation capacities, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), gathered 23 representatives from the public sector in Yerevan from 12 to 14 June for a targeted training session to foster their expertise in this area.
OSCE holds fourth annual meeting of national cybersecurity points of contact in Vienna
Publishing date: 12 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
On 10 and 12 June, the OSCE Transitional Threats Department gathered 86 policy and technical cybersecurity points of contact from 51 participating States. This is the fourth annual meeting of national representatives who are part of the OSCE’s Point of Contact network established in line with the confidence-building measure number 8, one of the 16 cyber/ICT security confidence-building measures agreed upon by all OSCE participating States.
Balkans Asset Management Interagency Network defines strategic priorities for asset recovery
Publishing date: 7 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance
On 28 and 29 May, the Heads of Asset Management Agencies from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Moldova, North Macedonia and Ukraine gathered in Skopje, North Macedonia for a meeting of the Steering Group of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN).
Tourism with a conscience: Albanian stakeholders gather to discuss human rights due diligence in the industry
Publishing date: 7 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings