OSCE supports law enforcement trainers from Afghanistan to advance their knowledge on combating illicit drugs
DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 6 July 2014 - Eleven Afghan law enforcement trainers from the Ministry of Interior completed the train-the-trainers course near Moscow today on combatting illicit drug trafficking and drug-related crimes.
Two-week training at the All-Russian Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Domodedovo aimed to advance their knowledge and develop their practical and training skills in combating the production and trafficking of illicit narcotic drugs. The course included planning skills and tools to enhance the participants’ capacity to deliver training for search operations in residential buildings, airports and vehicles, effective use of sniffer dogs and special equipment. The Afghan officers learned how illegal drug laboratories are set up, and how they can be detected and dismantled.
Head of the All-Russian Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Lieutenant General Yury Demidov said that the Institute is ready to support Afghanistan in combating the threat of illicit drugs and provide the trainees with up to date skills and techniques of law enforcement activities. He also expressed the hope for future continued cooperation on security matters in the form of joined trainings for Afghan law enforcement personnel, organized together with the OSCE.
Guy Vinet, Head of the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Secretariat, stated that “The course is part of efforts by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department to implement the OSCE Concept for Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors, which was adopted in 2012.” He added that the Organization would continue to provide assistance to Afghanistan as an OSCE Partner for Co-operation. The project was supported by the governments of the Russian Federation and the Netherlands.