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OSCE organizes working visit of Regional Anti-corruption Platform to the Anti-corruption General Directorate of Romania Interior’s Ministry
Publishing date: 26 November 2019
Best practices in conducting undercover operations to investigate corruption at border crossings were explored during a working visit of more than 30 members of the Regional Anti-corruption Platform from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine to the Anti-corruption General Directorate of Romania’s Interior Ministry in Bucharest on 25 and 26 November 2019...
OSCE trains trainers on document security in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management
An OSCE train-the-trainers course on detecting forged travel documents and imposters concluded on 15 November 2019 in Skopje, North Macedonia...
OSCE Mobile Training Team trains Serbian border officers in identifying foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
The OSCE Mobile Training Team delivered an interactive training course on the identification of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) for 25 first- and second-line Serbian border officers as well as officials of the country’s Security Information Agency from 12 to 14 November 2019 in Belgrade...
Achievements, threats and challenges in border management focus of Central Asian Border Management Initiative concludes in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 7 November 2019
The OSCE, in co-operation with the Government of Kazakhstan, concluded a two-day Central Asian Border Management Initiative (CABMI) conference on 6 November 2019 in Almaty. More than 30 participants gathered to discuss the achievements and challenges of border management in the region...
Using passenger data exchange systems to address risks posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters explored at OSCE-UNOCT Seminar in Vienna
Publishing date: 1 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 1 November 2019- More than 170 experts from OSCE participating States and the Partners for Co-operation gathered in Vienna on 31 October and 1 November 2019 for the Third OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange. The event, which this year focuses on how to counter the risks posed by returned foreign terrorist fighters, was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)...
OSCE trains Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on gendered aspects of cross-border crimes
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact (PoC) Network on Border Security and Management completed a three-day intensive training course on 24 October 2019 on two gendered aspects of transnational threats: terrorism and trafficking in human beings. The course was held at the premises of the International Co-operation Division of the Spanish National Police in Madrid...
OSCE Secretariat and Frontex strengthen co-operation to combat cross-border crime
Publishing date: 21 October 2019
The OSCE Secretariat and Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, agreed to strengthen their co-operation in combating cross-border crime, trafficking in human beings and addressing migratory challenges, in a Working Arrangement document signed last week...